Short commentary
H. Paramesh
Abstract
The relations of air pollution and Nutrition in airway allergies and measures to mitigate are focussed. Introduction Indian Health Profile of 2018 shows, non communicable diseases are increasing from 30 to 55 % but Communicable diseases are decreasing from 61 to 33% between 1990 to 2016 1 Allergic airway disease is the earliest onset non communicable diseases globally. The available scientific consensus points towards air pollution, global warming and climate change which are inter-related and are the defining issues in the 21st century. Nutrition plays a multifaceted role in shaping the global trends of allergic airway diseases.