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PEOPLE WHO GROW up on farms are less likely to suffer allergies in later life according to a new study.
Data from more than 10,000 people in 14 countries was examined for the research published in the journal Thorax.
It also found that women who lived on farms in early childhood are more likely to have better lung function.
Those who grew up on farms were more likely to have had pets, older siblings and to have shared a bedroom.
They were found to be 57% less likely to have allergic nasal symptoms and 54% less likely to have asthma or hay fever than those who grew up in an inner city.
A dramatic rise in asthma and allergic disease over recent decades has motivated extensive research into the aetiological factors responsible for these conditions.
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This isn’t really new information.
At All.
I remember as a 10 year old asthmatic reading this. I’m 22 now. What’s their aim in rehashing these studies it’s not like it’s reversing the trend of urbanisation.
Luckily I grew out of the asthma but still have mild hay fever.
I also knew it as a 12 year old asthmatic. And I’m nearly 40.
Another study funded by the Ministry for Stating the Bleeding Obvious
Did someone get paid to do this study and did they do the work or did they do a copy and paste from studies in the 70′s 80′s and 90 s.
Of course they will not have allergies:))) They are exposed literally to everything there and have good health, although exsessive use of bleaches, different cleaning agents contribute to allergies that we have in modern life in cities.
Duh
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