Sunday, 4 December 2011: 15:05 - 15:30
Costa Maya (Cancún Center)
Juan Carlos Celedon, MD, DrPH
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University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Division Chief, Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Pittsburgh, PA
Learning Objectives:
1. To understand the parallel epidemics of vitamin D insufficiency, obesity and asthma
1. To understand the parallel epidemics of vitamin D insufficiency, obesity and asthma
2. To discuss the relationship between vitamin D and obesity, and its potential impact on asthma and asthma morbidity
3. To review recent findings on vitamin D, obesity, and asthma and asthma management