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Dairy products may lower kids' asthma risk

[Posted: Tue 01/07/2003 - www.irishhealth.com]

By Deborah Condon

Young children who regularly eat foods containing milk fat, such as full cream milk and butter, may be less likely to develop asthma, the results of a new study indicate.

Asthma is on the increase throughout the Western world and one in seven children and teenagers in Ireland are now affected by the condition, according to the Asthma Society of Ireland.

Genetic, environmental and lifestyle factors are all thought to contribute to the development of asthma in children. Researchers from the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment in the Netherlands set out to specifically investigate the role of diet in the development of asthma in pre-school children.

The diets of over 2,900 two-year-olds were analysed by the researchers. The children were then followed up at age three to see what, if any, asthma symptoms they had developed.

The study found that children who consumed full cream milk and butter on a daily basis at age two, were less likely to have developed asthma symptoms by the age of three, compared to those who did not regularly eat milk fats.

Daily consumption of brown bread was also associated with lower rates of asthma symptoms, however the regular consumption of fruits, vegetables, margarine and fish, did not appear to reduce symptoms.

The researchers concluded that, 'in pre-school children, frequent consumption of products containing milk fat is associated with a reduced risk of asthma symptoms'.

Details of this study are published in the medical journal, 'Thorax'.

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