New research has found that eating highly processed convenience foods can lead to an increased risk of asthma and eczema in children. Rising levels of allergy-related conditions in more than 500,000 children in over 50 countries have been directly correlated to poor dietary patterns. Data showed children risked severe asthma, watery eyes, itchy skin and eczema when consuming foods such as take-away burgers and other convenience foods. It was found that teenagers who ate three or more weekly servings of take-aways had a 39 percent increased risk of severe asthma. Six and seven-year-olds were found to have a 27 percent greater risk. "If the associations between fast foods and the symptom prevalence of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema is causal, then the findings have major public health significance owing to the rising consumption of fast foods globally,” according to the study authors, Prof Innes Asher, from the University of Auckland in New Ze...
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