Seems like a grim title, especially when I sit here writing in the land of sweet tea, fried green tomatoes and peanut butter pie. But the truth is that asthma is now related to the weighty issue of extra poundage. No one wants to hear this, especially during potato salad and let’s-grab-an-icecream-cone season, but it’s also a great time to work off the reason that putting on a swim suit is your least favorite thing to do. Trust me - lose the weight. You’ll look better and breathe easier.
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Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Childhood Asthma
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