Obesity in early puberty doubles asthma risk for boy’s future offspring

By News Medical on 09/18/2018

“… “If one gains a lot of weight during this period, it doubles the risk of having asthma later in life, for both sexes, but for the boys the risk also doubles for his future offspring” says Professor Cecilie Svanes at Centre for International Health at the University of Bergen, who lead the study. …”

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