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When you consider the negative health impact obesity has on the body, the first things that come to mind are usually high blood pressure, heart disease and even diabetes. The “usual suspects” of obesity.
But we don’t always consider the effect that obesity has on bones … or, for that matter, how bones relate to obesity. A new article from Time magazine may change that. The article, published to the Health section of Time.com, explained the connection between obesity and bones.
Article excerpt:
In some ways it’s logical that bone and fat tissue would talk to each other. “Obviously there does need to be some coordination between skeletal growth and body mass,” says C. Ronald Kahn, director of the Joslin Diabetes Center at Harvard. “If you carry around extra weight, your bones need to hold up under the extra pressure, so it’s not surprising that your bones have a sense of body fat.”
