Being Too Heavy, Too Skinny in Childhood Can Impair Lung Function

TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Here's another good reason to help your child reach and maintain a healthy weight: A new study warns that kids who are either too skinny or too fat are at risk for impaired lung function.

However, if their weight can be normalized before they reach adulthood, this impairment can be offset, results showed.

“This highlights how important it is to optimize children’s growth both early in life and during their early school years and adolescence,” said principal investigator Dr. Erik Melén, a professor of pediatrics with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.