Childhood Overweight/Obesity and Asthma: Is There a Link? A Systematic Review of Recent Epidemiologic Evidence

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-105

  Papoutsakis, Constantina ^a,b,c   Priftis, Kostas N ^d   Drakouli, Maria ^a   Prifti, Stamatina ^a   Konstantaki, Eva ^a   Antonogeorgos, Georgios ^b   Chondronikola, Maria ^b   Matziou, Vasiliki ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c Municipal Medical Practice of Pefki   (Greece)

^d P A Kyriakou Children's H   (Greece)

^e Alpha Institute of Biomedical Sciences   (Greece)

Author keywords

Asthma; Children; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84871439801     PISSN: 22122672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2012.08.025     Document Type: Article

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