Thursday, August 12, 2010

Burgers can be linked to...Asthma and Wheeze?

A research done on 50,000 children ages 8-12 in both poor and rich countries from 1995-2005 has shown that a child's diet was not associated with common allergies, but a diet consisting of 3 or more burgers a week can influence the chances of getting asthma or wheeze. The prevalence of wheeze was lower for children with a diet consisting of lots of fruits in both poor and rich countries, children with a diet high in fish in rich countries, and a diet high in cooked vegetables in poor countries. People with a Mediterranean diet (high in fish, vegetables and fruit) had a lower lifetime risk of asthma and wheeze. This increased asthma risk from a burger diet is mostly associated with kids who have no allergies from rich countries. The study shows no association between a diet high in meat increasing the risk of asthma and wheeze. A burger diet doesn't only increase risk for asthma or wheeze though, as it is also a great factor for many other health risks.

This article relates to science concepts, because it is a research on nutritional health and diet. The study relates how a burger diet can lead to increased health risks for children, especially children in rich countries. Other diets, the Mediterranean diet, high in fruits, vegetables and fish, are also suggested as they show a lower risk of wheeze.

We should care about this matter, because this article was mainly directed at the attention of children's health. While we may be still kids (or not), and we probably know many other children, and we will probably have children in the future, we will want to be sure that these children will lead a healthy lifestyle, so knowing that eating three or more burgers a week increases a child's risk of asthma or wheeze is very helpful to keep in mind. In addition to this, with all the fast food chain restaurants in the United States, parents should also know of this matter so they can also know the risks for their children as well, and hopefully will try to prevent this possibility from happening to their children.

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