RESEARCH - Obesity and physical inactivity poses arthritis risk, especially for women

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Obesity And Physical Inactivity Poses Arthritis Risk, Especially For Women

MedicalNewsToday.com

Article Date: 26 Feb 2010 - 3:00 PST

Researchers from the Toronto Western Research Institute noted a higher

prevalence of arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity

limitations (AAL) in the U.S. versus the Canadian population. The

authors attribute the higher prevalence of arthritis and AAL to a

greater level of obesity and physical inactivity in Americans,

particularly women. Full findings of this study are published in the

March issue of Arthritis Care & Research, a journal of the American

College of Rheumatology.

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