- Title
- Evidence for lifestyle interventions in asthma
- Creator
- Stoodley, Isobel; Williams, Lily; Thompson, Cherry; Scott, Hayley; Wood, Lisa
- Relation
- Breathe Vol. 15, Issue 2, p. e50-e61
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.0019-2019
- Publisher
- European Respiratory Society
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airways disease, estimated to affect 300 million people worldwide. Asthma management plans focus on optimisation of asthma pharmacotherapy. Lifestyle interventions also hold great promise for asthma sufferers as they are accessible, low cost and have minimal side-effects, thus making adherence more likely. This review explores lifestyle interventions that have been tested in asthma, including improving nutrition, increasing physical activity and introduction of relaxation therapies such as yoga and massage therapy. Available evidence suggests a protective effect of increasing fruit, vegetable and wholegrain intake and increasing physical activity levels in asthma. Weight loss is recommended for obese asthmatic patients, as just 5-10% weight loss has been found to improve quality of life and asthma control in most obese asthmatic patients. Other lifestyle interventions such as meditation, yoga and massage therapy show promise, with positive effects on asthma seen in some studies. However, the study protocols are highly variable and the results are inconsistent. Additional research is needed to further develop and refine recommendations regarding lifestyle modifications that can be implemented to improve asthma.
- Subject
- asthma; allergy; lifestyle interventions; physical activity; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1456442
- Identifier
- uon:45225
- Identifier
- ISSN:1810-6838
- Rights
- © Breathe articles are open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Licence 4.0. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
- Language
- eng
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