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In 2014, worldwide obesity had more than doubled since 1980, with over 600 million adults diagnosed as obese and over 1.9 billion diagnosed as overweight, according to a World Health Organisation report. Today, almost five per cent of India’s population is struggling with the epidemic. Besides heart diseases and high blood pressure, knee joint pains are a common issue arising from obesity.
A person’s body weight is focused on the knee joints. The ends of the bones that form knee are covered with a cartilage that is responsible for smooth movement. When the person is obese, he or she adds
