Obesity Causes Knee Problems
May 08, 2005
Add knee problems to the list of ailments faced by
people who are considered obese, University of Utah
researchers say. The May issue of the American Journal
of Preventive Medicine informed that more than half
of the 850,000 knee surgeries performed in the United
States each year are related to being extremely overweight.
According to the Associated Press, the researchers studied
544 patients who had cartilage tears repaired during
the years 1996 to 2000. The male and female patients
ranged in age from 50 to 79. In addition to the obvious
strain being overweight places on the knees, the researchers
speculated that circulation problems in obese people
reduce the blood supply to knee cartilage, the AP reported.
Source: http://www.healthcentral.com
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