Diet and asthma.

Asthma prevalence has increased dramatically in many countries over recent decades, demonstrating that environmental exposures play a dominant role in the etiology of this disease. Dietary change is one of several causal factors implicated in this trend, and in the past two decades the evidence base on the relation between diet and asthma has increased substantially. In this article we present a perspective on where we believe this literature on asthma is leading, and attempt to identify priorities for further investigation. Our discussion is limited to general effects of diet, and does not address the separate topic of specific food allergy.

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