Short answer Yes! With a disease that makes you short-of-breath just getting up & down, the less material you have to move to get up & down the better. You probably should consider losing weight.

While a healthy person is able pick randomly from a long list of various exercise and diet regimes someone with COPD CANNOT. Choose a weight reduction program with care. Attend a pulmonary rehab if possible. Talk to your doctor. Browse the suggested sites given here. Make a sensible plan, start small, and keep at it.

Good luck.

Yes!

Hauling around a significant amount of extra weight can adversely affect your breathing. In addition, excess weight around the belly interferes with the mechanics of breathing.

You may be interested in a webinar called "Move It, Move It! Exercise and Pulmonary Disease" by Dr. Noah Greenspan of the Pulmonary Wellness Center in New York. You can access the webinar by going to:

http://www.pulmonarywellness.com/

Click on Web Archives, then click on "Move It, Move It! Exercise and Pulmonary Disease."

Susan

sorry to say every extra pound does limit you and make the heart and lungs struggle. No easy way to loose the extra so maybe start by cutting down on your portions and watch what goes past your lips. Maybe try a little treat once a week not every day, good luck my friend x