APPLE-SHAPED WOMEN'S ASTHMA RISK

A study suggests apple-shaped women with a waist bigger than 88cm (35in) have a higher risk of developing asthma - even if their body weight is normal.

Being overweight is well known to raise the risk of asthma.

But the latest study suggests that the amount of weight women carry around the abdomen might be particularly important.

The study, by the Northern California Cancer Center at Berkeley, appears in the journal Thorax.

The researchers analysed data on 88,304 female teachers and school administrators.