New research finds that kids who don’t eat enough calories face a higher risk of asthma — but piling on more food won’t keep cutting the risk. Here’s what parents and doctors need to know.
Study: The relationship between energy intake and asthma in Americans aged 1–18 years: a cross-sectional study. Image Credit: OnlyZoia / Shutterstock
In a recent article in the journal BMC Pediatrics, researchers explored how energy intake from the diet affects asthma in American children using a cross-sectional design.
Their findings indicate that the relationship between energy intake and asthma forms an L-shaped curve, a statistically significant association (p=0.001), suggesting that asthma risk drops significantly as energy intake increases. However, this protective association “saturates” after…