Reply: Weight Loss in Individuals with Obesity and Asthma

From the Authors: We appreciate the opportunity to address Dr. Watchorn and colleagues’ comments on our recent review on weight loss in obesity and asthma (1), which we wrote with the goal of summarizing current evidence, highlighting lessons from existing studies, and offering recommendations for f...

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Published inAnnals of the American Thoracic Society Vol. 16; no. 7; pp. 934 - 935
Main Authors Okoniewski, William, Lu, Kim D, Forno, Erick
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Thoracic Society 01.07.2019
Subjects
Adult
Asthma
Bias
Biomarkers
Child
Humans
Letters
Obesity
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Studies
Systematic review
Weight control
Weight Loss
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
California
Pennsylvania
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Summary:From the Authors: We appreciate the opportunity to address Dr. Watchorn and colleagues’ comments on our recent review on weight loss in obesity and asthma (1), which we wrote with the goal of summarizing current evidence, highlighting lessons from existing studies, and offering recommendations for future ones. The study compared two diets and reported improvements in obesity parameters and cytokines with both; in addition, it reported improvements in asthma symptoms and medication use with the diet based on jicama, cucumber, and a powder made of rice, soy, sesame seeds, and tuna fruit. The study by Willeboordse and colleagues (7) indeed included children at “high risk” for asthma, as we clearly mention in the review. [...]the authors disclosed that ∼66% of participants in their control group sought professional weight loss help.
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ISSN:2329-6933
2325-6621
DOI:10.1513/AnnalsATS.201903-249LE