Osteoarthritis: Weight Loss Helps Preserve Knee Cartilage

Clinicians have long recommended losing weight to help ease the pain and discomfort of knee osteoarthritis (OA), and now there is evidence to back up that bit of medical wisdom.

In a study of 112 obese adults, Australian investigators found that weight loss was associated with a lower amount of cartilage volume loss in the medial tibia and an improvement in knee symptoms, whereas further weight gain had the opposite effect. The findings were 

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