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Published on: May 30, 2025
Role of weight management in asthma symptoms and control
Timothy Heacock1, Njira Lugogo1
1Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Abstract:
Obesity and asthma have increasingly been linked with an increased risk of developing asthma associated with increasing body mass index. Overweight/obese patients with asthma have more symptoms, poor asthma control, and decreased response to conventional asthma therapies. Weight loss may be associated with improvements in asthma control, response to medications, and overall asthma-related quality of life. This article discusses the effect of weight loss via dietary modifications and surgical interventions on asthma symptoms and control. Weight loss should be encouraged as a means of improving asthma control but there are insufficient data to recommend surgical interventions solely for this purpose.
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