Control your weight from young to avoid knee surgery when old

According to the study, the risk of requiring a total knee replacement increased when someone progressed into a higher weight group. — Filepic

Preventing weight gain from young adulthood to late midlife to reduce overweight or obesity could significantly reduce the cost burden of total knee replacements, an Aussie research found.

The study, which was led by Monash University, used data from 24,368 participants in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study. It examined the association between patterns of weight gain from early adulthood to late midlife and the risk of total knee replacement for osteoarthritis.