A recent study in Scientific Reports found a significant link between Western-style diets and increased wheezing in children, particularly among boys, but no connection to current asthma or medication use.
By Vijay Kumar MalesuJun 10 2024Reviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers examined the association between adherence to a Western-style dietary pattern and the likelihood of asthma and its symptoms among children and adolescents in Yazd, Iran.
About the study The present cross-sectional study was conducted in early 2020 as part of the Global Asthma Network . Using cluster sampling, 7214 children and 3026 adolescents from 36 elementary and 48 high schools participated, achieving 71.3% and 83.5% response rates, respectively. Due to the coronavirus disease 2019 , data collection involved online questionnaires about asthma symptoms, risk factors, and dietary intake supplemented by pre-pandemic paper questionnaires.
Study results The study included 7,667 participants, examining asthma-related characteristics confirmed by a doctor and medication-prescribed asthma. Among the 324 participants with doctor-confirmed asthma, 58.02% were boys, and 61.7% of those with medication-prescribed asthma were also boys. Children with doctor-diagnosed asthma were older than those without asthma, and this was similarly observed in those with medication-prescribed asthma.
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