Van Meerhaeghe A, André S, Gilbert O, Delpire P, Moscariello A, Velkeniers B
Service de Pneumologie, ISPPC-Charleroi, Belgium.
Acta Clin Belg. 2007 May-Jun;62(3):170-5. doi: 10.1179/acb.2007.028.
At the beginning of the 21st century obesity has become the leading chronic disease in the world. It is a major cause of morbidity mainly in the metabolic and cardiovascular areas. Moreover, it has progressively emerged as an important risk factor for respiratory diseases, a field that is often neglected. In this article, we reviewed the current understanding of the influence of obesity in adulthood on respiratory function, obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea, obesity hypoventilation syndrome and asthma.
