TY - JOUR T1 - Breathlessness, physical activity and sustainability of healthcare JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 284 LP - 285 DO - 10.1183/09031936.00112614 VL - 45 IS - 1 AU - Amina Aitsi-Selmi AU - Nicholas S. Hopkinson Y1 - 2015/01/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/45/1/284.abstract N2 - We welcome the important paper by Grønseth et al. [1], which used data from the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) project to highlight the prevalence of breathlessness across the world. As well as being significant because it is a source of suffering that should be ameliorated, we believe that attention to breathlessness, particularly in midlife, has important implications for sustainable healthcare because it allows timely diagnosis, would drive the promotion of physical activity, forms part of a strategy to reduce the burden of comorbidities and would have beneficial environmental effects. Targeting breathlessness is important for delivering sustainable future healthcare http://ow.ly/AgKoA ER -