TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Asthma and Obesity A1 - Ghimire, Anil A1 - Iannuzzi, Michael A2 - Silverman, Robert K. PY - 2017 T2 - Obesity Medicine: Management of Obesity in Women's Health Care AB - Obesity alters lung function, can cause symptoms suggesting asthma, and may worsen preexisting asthma. The precise mechanisms on how obesity leads to or worsens asthma are not well elucidated. A combination of mechanical factors, adipose-released inflammatory mediators, and immune system activation appears likely responsible for the “obese-asthma” phenotype. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/09 UR - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1139757060 ER -