Obesity in Childhood and Adulthood Shown to Increase Risk of Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis

The results of a study presented at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) suggest childhood and adult obesity increase the risk of developing hip osteoarthritis (OA) and knee OA, but not hand OA. Obesity and OA are two interconnected health care problems affecting a large proportion of the adult population worldwide, however studying ...