Research Analyzes If Bariatric Weight Reduction Helps Improve Low Back Pain Symptoms

The prevalence of both obesity and back pain in developing nations has reached alarming levels. According to recent statistics, more than one-third of U.S. adults over 72 million people were obese in 2005-2006. Of these, 33.3 percent were men and 35.3 percent were women. Especially alarming is that obesity has not decreased among teenagers the rates remain essentially unchanged in 2005-2006 from the 2003-2004 estimates, at 17 percent.

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Filed under: Pain / Anesthetics on May 15th, 2008