Impact of Obesity on Respiratory Diseases in Childhood

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Overview

Obesity is a new epidemic that has a huge burden on children and adult’s health.
Obesity is linked to a variety of respiratory and sleep complications that if not timely detected can cause major health complications.
We should advocate for more efforts to public awareness on the dangers of obesity and for more special programs to deal with morbid obesity.

What I will learn?

By the end of the session, learners will be able to:
Describe the effect of obesity on lung volume and its effect on the children
Illustrate a list of the diseases that are affected by obesity-related to the respiratory system
Recognize the Associations of obesity and sleep-disordered breathing
  • clock Last Update 02/2022
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