Obesity and knee osteoarthritis shorten healthy years of life
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 16:30
in Health & Medicine
Due to obesity and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis, Americans over the age of 50 will together lose the equivalent of 86 million healthy years of life, concluded researchers who investigated the potential gains in quality and quantity of life that could be achieved averting losses due to obesity and knee OA.