Shocking Rise In Arthritis Rates

Shocking rise in arthritis rates

Obesity won't just make you fat, sick and dead -- it'll also leave you crippled, weak and battling constant pain.

We've reached stunning new levels of national feebleness: New numbers show 52 million Americans -- that's nearly a quarter of all adults -- now struggle with arthritis. Twenty-one million of them say the condition is so severe that it limits what they can do.

But apparently, it didn't limit the ability to have another double cheeseburger, fries and cola -- supersize, please -- since these arthritis-stricken Americans just so happen to be overwhelmingly obese.

In fact, they make up the overwhelming majority of the arthritis patients -- suffering from the condition at nearly double the rate of normal-weight people.

According to the CDC, 18.9 percent of normal-weight women and 13.8 percent of normal-weight men suffer from arthritis... but it hits 33.8 percent of obese women and 25.2 percent of obese men.

And more than 60 percent of all obese people will suffer knee osteoarthritis at some point in their lives.

But what would you expect? Human knees were perfectly engineered to support humans... not 300-pound flesh mountains.

One study by Johns Hopkins University Hospital found that 10 extra pounds increases the force on each knee by between 30 and 60 pounds with every step.

Just imagine what being 30 or 40 pounds overweight will do!

The researchers behind the new study say arthritis is now our leading cause of disability, and costs us $128 billion a year -- and it's not going to get any better in the foreseeable future.

It's getting worse... much, much worse. The researchers estimate that by 2030, 67 million Americans will be suffering from arthritis.

I have no idea how they arrived at that number or how accurate it'll turn out to be -- but it wouldn't be surprising. Heck, if anything it sounds a little on the low side.

Of course, arthritis isn't limited to obese people. Live long enough, and you're bound to experience it yourself.

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