Effects of obesity on bone metabolism

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Obesity is traditionally viewed to be beneficial to bone health because of well-established positive effect of mechanical loading conferred by body weight on bone formation, despite being a risk factor for many other chronic health disorders. Although body mass h...

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Main Author: Cao Jay J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-06-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
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Online Access:http://www.josr-online.com/content/6/1/30