Obese children with a history of early childhood wheezing a breathing problem that results in a whistling or rattling sound in the chest are at risk of facing reduced lung function as they grow up a study has found. 'Weight control is especially important for children who have suffered from bronchiolitis in early childhood' said Virpi Sidoroff at the University of Eastern Finland. At the same time the study showed that the use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) for asthma in childhood may result in reduced bone mineral density (BMD) in early teen years. BMD is used in clinical medicine as
