People with asthma at higher risk of becoming obese

Monday, September 17, 2018 - 00:00 in Health & Medicine

Obesity is known to be a risk factor for developing asthma but a new study shows that the reverse is also true: people with asthma are more likely to go on to become obese. The new research indicates that those who develop asthma as adults and those who have non-allergic asthma are at the greatest risk of obesity.

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