080 - Asthma / Screen Time / Exercise Motivation

What does the body of evidence say on the topic of asthma?

Plus: how much time children spend in front of screens, and how to nudge people to go to the gym.

Block 1: (3:15) Asthma: wheezing, similar diseases, how asthma is diagnosed Block 2: (10:53) Asthma: exercise-induced “asthma,” what is asthma, cold and thunderstorms as triggers, allergies, infections, treatments Block 3: (29:31) Screen time in children Block 4: (40:06) Nudging people to go to the gym To leave a rating and/or review on iTunes (please do!!), 1) Click here: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-body-of-evidence/id980972442 2) Click on “Listen on Apple Podcasts” toward the top, under “Health & Fitness” 3) It will prompt you to open iTunes.

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References: 1) Episode 43 on allergies: https://bodyofevidence.ca/043-allergies-and-organic-food 2) The 2019 Global Initiative for Asthma report: https://ginasthma.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Whats-new-in-GINA-2021_final_V2.pdf 3) How will new recommendations from the GINA report affect practice in Canada: https://www.cmaj.ca/content/192/17/E456?ijkey=00df329033338403c174cbb90af80401afad6136&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha 4) GINA FAQ on asthma: https://ginasthma.org/about-us/faqs/ 5) Trial on combined budenoside-formoterol as needed in mild asthma: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1715274 6) Systematic review and meta-analysis on screen time in children 5 years and younger: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2789091 7) American Academy of Paediatrics’ guidelines on screen time: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/Media/Pages/Where-We-Stand-TV-Viewing-Time.aspx 8) Canadian Paediatrics Society’s guidelines on screen time: https://caringforkids.cps.ca/handouts/behavior-and-development/screen-time-and-young-children 9) Megastudy on nudging people to go to the gym: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04128-4 Music Credits: Lofi Chill Hip-Hop by WinnieTheMoog Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6347-lofi-chill-hip-hop License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Tutorial 2 by Frank Schröter Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/8965-tutorial-2 License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Ambient Relaxing Background by MusicLFiles Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/9007-ambient-relaxing-background License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Over The Rainbow by Sascha Ende® Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/319-over-the-rainbow License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license