why is breathing harder when you’re full?

Question

Basically the title, why when you’re digesting a big meal do you have to focus on breathing?

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Answer 1

Your stomach becomes larger when full, meaning less room inside you.

Near the stomach is the diaphragm, the muscle that controls the expansion and contraction of your lungs.

When your stomach is full, there is now much less room for the diaphragm to expand your lungs into, meaning you cannot take in as much air as before you were full.