Mediterranean diet is associated with reduced asthma and rhinitis in Mexican children

• Published in: Allergy Vol. 63; no. 10; pp. 1310 - 1316
• Main Authors: de Batlle, J, Garcia-Aymerich, J, Barraza-Villarreal, A, Antó, J.M, Romieu, I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2008; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell
• Subjects: Allergies; Asthma; Asthma - epidemiology; Asthma - prevention & control; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Children & youth; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dermatology; Diet; Diet, Mediterranean; epidemiology; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fundamental immunology; Humans; Medical sciences; Mexico; pediatrics; Pregnancy; Prenatal care; Prevalence; rhinitis; Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial - epidemiology; Rhinitis, Allergic, Perennial - prevention & control; Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis; Central America; Mexico; America; Mexicali Mexico; Human; Lung disease; Allergy; Immunopathology; Pediatrics; Nose disease; Rhinitis; Respiratory disease; Dermatology; Mediterranean diet; Epidemiology; Asthma; Association; Immunology; ENT disease; Bronchus disease; Obstructive pulmonary disease; Child

Diet during pregnancy and childhood has been suggested to play an important role in children's asthma risk. We assessed whether the adherence to a Mediterranean dietary pattern, for children in the last 12 months and their mothers during pregnancy, was associated with both childhood asthma and...