The study found knee cartilage degenerated a lot slower in obese patients who lost over 10% of their body weight, especially in the weight-bearing regions of the joint.
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So says a study presented at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting in Chicago, IL, on Monday.
The researchers investigated the link between different amounts of weight loss and the progression of knee cartilage degeneration - as shown on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans - in over 500 overweight and obese patients.
