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GP CLINICAL: Could dairy diet prevent asthma?
Behind The Headlines - A new study suggests that full-fat dairy products can reduce asthma risk in children. Emma Baines investigates
What is the story?
Recent media reports claimed that giving infants a diet rich in full-fat milk and butter could stop them developing asthma. The media blamed 'a Western obsession' with low-fat diets for producing soaring rates of childhood asthma.
What was the research?
These claims were based on a Dutch prospective cohort study, which found that daily consumption of full-cream milk and butter was linked with reduced rates of asthma.
The research involved 2,978 children born in 1996 and 1997, using questionnaire data to compare prevalence of asthma symptoms at age three with dietary habits at age two…
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