Associations between asthma, overweight and physical activity in children: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Maartje Willeboordse (Author), Kim D. G. van de Kant (Author), Charlotte A. van der Velden (Author), Constant P. van Schayck (Author), Edward Dompeling (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Asthma and obesity are highly prevalent in children, and are interrelated resulting in a difficult-to-treat asthma-obesity phenotype. The exact underlying mechanisms of this phenotype remain unclear, but decreased physical activity (PA) could be an important lifestyle factor. We...