A new Swedish study reveals that maintaining a healthy BMI throughout childhood is crucial for optimal lung development.

An abnormal BMI in children—be it high or low—can now be associated with impaired lung function, but if their BMI is normalized before they reach adulthood, the impairment can be offset ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sounding the alarm over increased cases of lung infections in the U.S., especially among children, as flu season begins. According to the CDC ...

Kids began to become too skinny, normal weight or too fat by the age of 2, researchers found. Lung function was measured at ages 8, 16 and 24, researchers said, to give an idea of the children's ...

"Children are mostly affected because their respiratory system, along with other body parts, are still in preparatory stage, while the elderly people's organs are more compromised because of old age.