How can asthma lead to obesity?
Asthma is a disease that manifests itself asbreathing disorders. This is an inflammation of the bronchi that can cause seizures. These asthma attacks often occur during an effort, even minimal, that will solicit the airways. It has been proven that a very strong link exists between this disease and the risk of obesity.
Why are asthmatics more likely to develop obesity?
Since asthma is arespiratory problem, people who suffer from it are often sedentary. They move little, do little physical activity, or not at all. This first criterion can already contribute toincreasing the risk of obesity, but treatment is also to be taken into account.
Indeed, some treatments use corticosteroids, anti-inflammatory drugs that mimic our natural hormones. However, this anti-inflammatoryinfluences appetite and hunger. By linking this treatment to the sedentary lifestyle required by asthma, it is natural for patients to become overweight or obese(1).
The link between a respiratory problem and being overweight has been known for a long time. Indeed, asthma increases the risk of becoming obese, but the reverse is also true. Obesity has negative effects on the respiratory systemand will block the bronchi, thus promoting asthma, among other diseases(2).
Links between asthma and obesity
A breathing problem, such as shortness of breath, is one of the first signs of obesity’s action on breathing. Overweight, and especially excessfat on the abdomen, is to blame: this excess loadprevents the airways from functioning optimally.
In the long term, this eventually leads to asthma, whose attacks will occur as soon as an effort is asked of the body (3).
An overweight or obese person is therefore more likely to develop asthma, as well as many other breathing problems, such as apnea. In addition, there is again the issue ofa sedentary lifestyle. An overweight person is more likely to be no physical activity, with or without asthma, because of being overweight. It will less easily supportcardiac and muscular efforts. In doing so, she may end up developing asthma.
Dietary habits are also to be taken into consideration. A healthy and balanced diet makes it possible to live better and in better health, this is no longer to be proven. Malnutrition asWellacebad eating habits: excessive consumption of lipids and carbohydrates, deficiencies in vitamins and minerals… would also cause asthma. Just as this diet causes obesity.
There is therefore a very strong link between these two major problems, both based on the respiratory risks they generate. Being overweight and asthma both block the airways. A direct correlation is therefore clearly observed by scientists(4)
Stephen Paul is the lead author and founder of My Health Sponsor. Holder of a diploma in health and well-being coaching with more than 200 articles in the field of health, he makes it a point of honor to offer advice based on reliable information, based on scientific research, and verified by health professionals.