Fit & Proper: When weight affects the joints

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