News on Julie Von Behrenhttp://obesityintheus.com/topic/julie-von-behren2010-10-26T21:28:39ZLarge waist hard on the lungs: study2010-04-16T09:56:26ZReuters US Online Report Health Newstag:obesityintheus.com,2010-04-16:/large-waist-hard-lungs-study-697050a/<div><p>NEW YORK (<a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters Health</a>) - Being overweight, especially around the middle, may increase a woman's risk for developing asthma, study findings hint.</p><p>In the study women who were overweight or obese were much more apt to have asthma than women at a healthy weight, public health researcher <a title="Julie Von Behren" href="/topic/Julie+Von+Behren" >Julie Von Behren</a>, of <a title="Northern California Cancer Center" hre...Excess Weight Associated With Adult-Onset Asthma2010-10-24T09:50:55ZModern Medicinetag:obesityintheus.com,2010-10-24:/excess-weight-adultonset-asthma-3050837a/...Wider Waist Boosts Asthma Risk2010-10-26T21:28:39ZHealth.comtag:obesityintheus.com,2010-10-26:/wider-waist-boosts-asthmanbsprisk-3338940a/...Wider Waist Boosts Asthma Risk2010-10-24T09:16:07ZDrugs.comtag:obesityintheus.com,2010-10-24:/wider-waist-boosts-asthma-risk-3011750a/...