The association between overweight and prevalence of food allergy in Japanese children: a cross-sectional study.

Koichiro HayashiHiromasa TsujiguchiDaisuke HoriYohei YamadaYukari ShimizuThao Thi Thu NguyenYuri HibinoYasuhiro KambayashiAkinori HaraHiroyuki Nakamura

Published in: Environmental health and preventive medicine (2021)

Our results showed that being overweight was significantly associated with a higher prevalence of FA in girls, but not in boys. Further prospective studies are necessary to find the causal relationship between overweight and FA.

Keyphrases

physical activity
weight loss
risk factors
weight gain
young adults
body mass index