Observational study reveals elevated internal pressures and reduced functional lung volumes in obese individuals, indicating substantially increased work of breathing.
Obese subjects have markedly increased gastric and oesophageal pressures, both when upright and supine, causing dramatically reduced FRC and ERV, which increases work of breathing.
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