Wednesday, 7 December 2011: 09:25 - 09:50
Cozumel (Cancún Center)
Louis-Philippe Boulet, MD, FRCPC
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Institu universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Québec, QC, Canada
Learning Objectives:
Discuss the epidemiological relationships between asthma and obesity
Discuss the epidemiological relationships between asthma and obesity
Review studies looking at asthma control and severity in the obese patient
Discuss the mechanisms by which the asthma phenotype could be influenced by obesity