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216 LÆKNABLAÐIÐ 1997; 83 hefur verið bent á vaxandi algengi meðal barna á Fiji eyjum og í norðurhluta Chile, en á báðum stöðunum er loftmengun óveruleg (28). Nýverið hefur komið fram tilgáta um að mataræði skipti máli, en það hefur víðast hvar breyst þannig að matur er meira unninn og með auknu magni fjölómettaðra fitusýra og salts, en inniheldur minna af nýmeti (27,29,30). Nýleg áströlsk rannsókn styður þessa tilgátu þar sem börn er borðuðu feitan fisk oftar en einu sinni í viku fengu þrisvar sinnum sjaldnar astma (29). Að skilgreina astma hefur hingað til vafist fyrir þeim er það hafa reynt og er það eðlilegt þegar haft er í huga breytilegt ytra og innra umhverfi loftvega. Meðan skilningur á astma er ófullkominn verður að notast við grófa lýs- andi nálgun eins og hér hefur verið gert, en geyma orsakaskilgreiningu astma til betri tíma. Rannsókn sem felur í sér marga hugsanlega áhættuþætti ætti þó að vera allvel til þess fallin að varpa ljósi á mikilvægi hvers og eins. 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