Open AccessWeight Management Interventions in Adult and Pediatric Asthma Populations: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Nan Lv,
Lan Xiao,
Jun Ma
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of pulmonary and respiratory medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2161-105X
DOI - 10.4172/2161-105x.1000232
Subject(s) - medicine , cinahl , weight loss , psychological intervention , asthma , randomized controlled trial , systematic review , weight management , guideline , physical therapy , medline , obesity , pediatrics , psychiatry , pathology , political science , law
Ample evidence suggests a dose-response relationship between increasing weight and level of asthma risk or reduced asthma control. To establish reversibility, several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have recently been published to investigate the impact of weight management on asthma. This systematic review synthesizes evidence from these RCTs on the effects of weight management (weight loss, weight maintenance, maintenance of lost weight, or weight gain prevention) interventions on asthma outcomes in both adult and pediatric populations.