This study aimed to establish the differences in parental attitudes toward feeding and activity, as well child eating activity levels, between families of children living with without asthma. Parents young people aged 10 16 years both asthma (n = 310) 311) completed measures for feeding, exercise, eating, level control. Children had a significantly higher BMIz (BMI standardised weight age) scor...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to examine the physical activity of children with and without asthma in Greece, the factors affecting their intention to exercise, and the influence of gender. METHOD The study involved 50 children with asthma and 50 children without asthma, aged 9-14-years old. We used the leisure time exercise questionnaire to assess the frequency and intensity of exercise....

BACKGROUND Although the nose and the bronchi are both involved in the process of regulating respiratory heat exchange, thermal changes may precipitate airway obstruction during exercise but rarely cause nasal obstruction in patients with rhinitis. The cause of the different response of the nose and bronchial tree has hardly been investigated. This study was performed to assess the response of t...

Background: Regular physical activity increases physical fi tness and lowers ventilation during mild and moderate exercise thereby reducing the likelihood of provoking exercise-induced asthma. Regular exercise may also reduce the perception of breathlessness through a number of mechanisms including strengthening respiratory muscles. Subjectively, many asthmatics report that they are symptomatic...

Exercise-induced asthma/exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIA/EIB) is a prevalent and clinically important disease affecting young children through older adulthood. These terms are often used interchangeably and the differences are not clearly defined in the literature. The pathogenesis of EIA/EIB may be different in those with persistent asthma compared to those with exercise-induced symptoms onl...

background : the international study of asthma and allergies in childhood (isaac) is used to define the prevalence and severity of asthma in different regions. in this study we followed the performance of the isaac video and written questionnaires (vq and wq) to classify asthma in 13-14 yr-old schoolchildren.   methods: the present study was carried out on 3540 school children 13 to 14-yrs-old ...

Background: Because asthma has been associated with exercise and ozone exposure, an association likely mediated by oxidative stress, we hypothesized that GSTP1, GSTM1, exercise and ozone exposure have interrelated effects on asthma pathogenesis. Methods: We examined associations of the well characterized null variant of GSTM1 and four SNPs that characterized common variation in the GSTP1 locus ...

BACKGROUND Because asthma has been associated with exercise and ozone exposure, an association likely mediated by oxidative stress, we hypothesised that glutathione-S-transferase (GST)P1, GSTM1, exercise and ozone exposure have interrelated effects on the pathogenesis of asthma. METHODS Associations of the well characterised null variant of GSTM1 and four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs...

a survey was carried out in 1998-99 among 20 selected primary schools in the north, south, east and west regions of tehran to determine the level of teachers’ knowledge of asthma. 387 (96.7%) of 400 questionnaires were completed and evaluated. five items were investigated: “general knowledge”, “symptoms and triggers”, exercise”, treatment” and “individual experience”. statistical analysis was p...