Impact of swimming school attendance in 3-year-old children with wheeze and rhinitis at age 5 years: A prospective birth cohort study in Tokyo.

Makoto IraharaKiwako Yamamoto-HanadaLimin YangMayako Saito-AbeMiori SatoYusuke InuzukaKenji ToyokuniKoji NishimuraFumi IshikawaYumiko MiyajiTatsuki FukuieMasami NaritaYukihiro Ohya

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Swimming school attendance at age 3 years showed neither a preventive nor therapeutic effect on wheeze or rhinitis at age 5 years. There is thus no scientific evidence yet that swimming school attendance has a positive impact on the development of childhood wheeze or rhinitis.

Keyphrases

physical activity
mental health
high school
gestational age
preterm birth
early life