A study with more than 8,700 participants from 11 European countries and Australia has concluded that adults with asthma are more likely to become obese later in life. The research, led by the Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), a center supported by the “la Caixa” Foundation, has also shown the risk is higher among patients with non-allergic asthma, those who have had the disease for a longer period or those who are under treatment with corticosteroids. These results have been published in Thorax.