Nutritional Advice El Mondo
Objectives:
Many studies have been reported that dietary meat intake may be associated with the risk of asthma in children, but the results are inconsistent. Therefore, this review article has been conducted.
Does dietary meat intake increase asthma in children?
Study design:
This review article included a total of 9 articles.
No publication bias was detected.
Results and conclusions:
The investigators found dietary meat intake 3 or more times per week compared with never/occasionally intake had no significant association with asthma risk among children [OR = 1.27, 95% CI = 0.80-2.01, p = 0.308].
Not significant because OR of 1 was found in the 95% CI of 0.80 to 2.01. OR of 1 means no risk/association.
The investigators found, similarly, daily dietary intake of meat did not affect the risk of asthma in children when compared with never/occasionally intake [OR = 1.13, 95% CI = 0.93-1.37, p = 0.234].
The investigators concluded dietary meat intake is not a risk factor for asthma in children. Due to some limitations that exist in this review article, more studies are needed to further assess the association between dietary meat intake and asthma risk in children.
Original title:
Dietary meat intake and risk of asthma in children: evidence from a meta-analysis by Zhang D, Cao L, [...], Wang Z.
Link:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31895767
Additional information of El Mondo:
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