There is a large literature on the relationship between obesity and bone. What we can
conclude from this review is that the increase in body weight causes an increase in BMD …

Recent scientific evidence has shown an increased risk of fractures in patients with obesity,
especially in those with a higher visceral adipose tissue content. This contradicts the old …

Obesity and osteoporosis have become major global health problems over the last decades
as their prevalence is increasing. The interaction between obesity and bone metabolism is …

The use of bariatric surgery for the treatment of morbid obesity has increased annually for
the last decade. Although many studies have demonstrated the efficacy and durability of …

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 …

During the last decades, obesity and osteoporosis have become important global health
problems, and the belief that obesity is protective against osteoporosis has recently come …

The belief that obesity is protective against osteoporosis has recently come into question.
The latest epidemiologic and clinical studies have shown that a high level of fat mass might …

A non-invasive evaluation of bone metabolism was performed in 44 morbidly obese patients
before and after a mean weight loss of 22.4 kg (range 7.9–43.4 kg) after 2 months and a …

It was previously believed that obesity and osteoporosis were two unrelated diseases, but
recent studies have shown that both diseases share several common genetic and …

Obesity is generally recognized as a condition which positively influences bone mass and
bone mineral density (BMD). Positive effect of high body mass index (BMI) on bone has …