ReviewAnnals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology2015
Association between Western diet pattern and adult asthma: a focused review.
Review in Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 70 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- A pilot feeding study for adults with asthma: The healthy eating better breathing trial.PloS one · 2017Trial
- Western dietary pattern during pregnancy and early childhood increases risk of childhood asthma dependent on socioeconomic status.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2026Article
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae UFMG A-905 acts in an animal model of asthma by modulating Th17/Treg responses and increasing fatty acid production.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Long-Term Air Pollution Exposure, Plant-based Diet, and Asthma Exacerbations in the Nurses' Health Study II.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2026Article
- Association between five dietary indices and childhood asthma: the mediating role of visceral adiposity indicators using NHANES data.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Omega-3 fatty acid intake potentiates bronchodilator response in patients with obesity and poorly controlled asthma.Respiratory medicine · 2025Article
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: The Role of Healthy and Unhealthy Dietary Patterns-A Comprehensive Review.Food science & nutrition · 2024Review
- Association between a western diet and asthma among children and adolescents.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Diet quality, food intake and incident adult-onset asthma: a Lifelines Cohort Study.European journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Prevalence, severity and risk factors for asthma in school-going adolescents in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.BMJ open respiratory research · 2023Article
- Editorial: Molecular mechanisms in diet-mediated inflammatory diseases.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Research hotspot and frontier analysis of traditional Chinese medicine in asthma using bibliometric methods from 1991 to 2021.The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. Global · 2022Review
- The Burden of Carbohydrates in Health and Disease.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Association between dietary carotenoid intakes and the risk of asthma in adults: a cross-sectional study of NHANES, 2007-2012.BMJ open · 2022Article
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- Fast food and sweet intake pattern is directly associated with the prevalence of asthma in a Qatari population.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Article
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveRadical changes in diet have paralleled the increase in asthma with shifts toward a "Western" diet pattern, characterized by the high intake of processed meats and refined grains, high-fat dairy products, and sugary desserts and drinks. Because diet represents a modifiable risk factor in numerous chronic diseases, the authors examined the association between consumption of a Western diet pattern and asthma incidence, prevalence, and morbidity in adults. DATA SOURCES: PubMed, Cochrane, Web of Science, and Scopus were searched for peer-reviewed publications published from January 1980 to April 2014. STUDY SELECTION: Studies retrieved for inclusion assessed dietary patterns representative of a Western diet and asthma incidence, prevalence, respiratory symptoms, and lung function.
resultsTen observational studies conducted in North American, European, and Asian countries, ranging from 153 to more than 70,000 individuals, did not provide evidence to support an association between a Western dietary pattern and asthma incidence and prevalence. Five of these studies also investigated asthma morbidity, with variable findings.
conclusionCurrent evidence does not support an association between a Western diet and incident or prevalent adult asthma but does suggest a possible link between a Western diet pattern and adult asthma morbidity.
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