**Preface to "Respiratory Disease and Nutrition"**

Diet and nutrition are increasingly becoming recognized as mutable contributors to chronic disease development and progression. Considerable evidence has emerged indicating the importance of dietary intake and metabolism in obstructive lung diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), in both early life and disease development and the management of disease progression.

> **Hiam Abdala-Valencia** *Editor*

*Article*
