More than 50 million Americans have arthritis, and almost half of them can’t perform normal daily activities because of the disease, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
Aging and obesity are the chief culprits behind this growing health problem, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The increase in arthritis definitely has to do with the aging of our population, but it’s also potentially linked to the obesity epidemic,” said the study’s lead author,
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