Here’s how you can ensure this organ continues to work at full capacity.
that excess weight, especially in the abdominal and chest area, could limit the room for lung expansion as you inhale. Second, weight gain could impair lung function since adipose tissue—where fat accumulates—is a source of inflammatory substances that can damage lung tissue and reduce the diameter of the airways that carry oxygen in and out of the lungs.
However, losing weight could help flip the switch on declining lung capacity. In fact, even if you’ve been overweight throughout your life, losing it in midlife can bring benefits.,” lead study author Gabriela Prado, Ph.D., also of ISGlobal, told“We observed that in participants with obesity in young adulthood, weight loss during the study period was associated with attenuated decline of lung capacity.
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