Eating more fruits, vegetables and ...

Eating more fruits, vegetables and especially fish may obstruct respiratory diseases and winter cough in children, says a novel study published in the March 14 2003 issue of Thorax.

The scrutinize of more than 20,200 children age 7 to 11 was carried gone out in six European countries.

The researchers assessed respiratory health and evaluated the associations between rationss and a persistent cough, a winter cough and a wheeze.

All symptoms showed initial associations with nutritional factors, report the scientists. gentle consumption of fish and fruit are the most numerous consistent predictors of respiratory ailments, and eating fish les than one time a month is strongly linked with a persistent cough or wheeze.

"The possible protective events of fish intake on respiratory health may be suitable mainly to fish oil containing omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids," say the study's authors.

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