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I wonder how many of those replacements would have been unnecessary with obesity-preventing lifestyle changes. "What's more, the demand for [total knee replace

I wonder how many of those replacements would have been unnecessary with obesity-preventing lifestyle changes. "What's more, the demand for [total knee replacement] surgery seems to parallel the rise in overweight and obesity in America. In fact, the study showed weight problems account for 95 percent of the increased demand for knee replacement. https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=178890 https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=1...

cableshaft 7y ago
Yeah, that's one of the reasons I'm using to stay motivated to lose weight recently, since I've been having some minor but annoying issues with one of my knees this past year. I feel quite a bit better after just losing 15 pounds. I've recently seen several sites claim that every 1lb of extra weight adds 4lbs of pressure on the knees, so apparently my weight loss has already reduced the pressure on my knees by about 60lbs, which is nice. I have a long ways to go, though, and for my bad choices the past decade I'm probably going to pay for it with arthritis in the knees when I'm older, unfortunately. But hopefully I'm helping to push the date when that happens to a much later date.
- Cougher 7y ago
  Congratulations on that choice! I lost 60 pounds over 10 years ago and it was the first step to completely transforming my life!
throwaway81838 7y ago
I lost 65 pounds in 2019 (225 down to 160) and it was pretty life changing. I can't imagine the life and health improvements others could have that are worse off than I was.
- Cougher 7y ago
  That's very much like my experience: I went from 225 to 165 over 10 years ago. After I reached my goal, I figured I was done and I went back to my old ways and put on 40 pounds. I lost that and I've kept it off by just eating less. I added daily exercise about 6 years ago and I feel great.

cableshaft 7y ago

Yeah, that's one of the reasons I'm using to stay motivated to lose weight recently, since I've been having some minor but annoying issues with one of my knees this past year. I feel quite a bit better after just losing 15 pounds. I've recently seen several sites claim that every 1lb of extra weight adds 4lbs of pressure on the knees, so apparently my weight loss has already reduced the pressure on my knees by about 60lbs, which is nice. I have a long ways to go, though, and for my bad choices the past decade I'm probably going to pay for it with arthritis in the knees when I'm older, unfortunately. But hopefully I'm helping to push the date when that happens to a much later date.

Cougher 7y ago
Congratulations on that choice! I lost 60 pounds over 10 years ago and it was the first step to completely transforming my life!

throwaway81838 7y ago

I lost 65 pounds in 2019 (225 down to 160) and it was pretty life changing. I can't imagine the life and health improvements others could have that are worse off than I was.

Cougher 7y ago
That's very much like my experience: I went from 225 to 165 over 10 years ago. After I reached my goal, I figured I was done and I went back to my old ways and put on 40 pounds. I lost that and I've kept it off by just eating less. I added daily exercise about 6 years ago and I feel great.