Obesity in Childhood Adversely Impacts Lung Development

"We found that body composition trajectories from childhood to adolescence relate to lung function levels at 15 years and lung function growth rates from age 8 to 15 years. Specifically we found that:

– Higher levels of lean body mass relate to higher levels and growth rates of forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and forced expiratory flow at 25-75% of FVC (FEF25-75) in both sexes"