Reply #13: Study is in a peer-reviewed journal; here is more

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Eating hamburgers more than once a week nearly doubles the risk of asthma attacks and wheezing in children, according to research carried out on 1300 New Zealand school pupils.

Other takeaway food and fizzy drinks also increase the chances of getting asthma, doctors found.

Youngsters who eat at least one hamburger a week are 75 per cent more likely to have asthma and almost 100 per cent more likely to suffer wheezing problems, according a study published yesterday in the international scientific journal Allergy.

The investigation of the extent to which fast foods are a risk factor for asthma was led by Dr Kristen Wickens of the Wellington Asthma Research Group, based at the Wellington Medical School.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=204&ObjectID=10354170

http://pt.wkhealth.com/pt/re/algy/fulltext.00000381-200512000-00012.htm