A new study shows that being overweight significantly increases the risk of acquiring rheumatoid arthritis. This pattern is especially associated with female obesity..

This conclusion was reached by doctors in Minnesota, who conducted a large-scale epidemiological study of the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis, covering three decades..

Lead researcher Dr. Sherin Gabriel predicts: “Unless we take urgent action to reduce the number of obese patients soon, we will face an increase in the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in the next decade.”.

Obesity precedes rheumatoid arthritis, especially in women, study finds. Overweight women are three times more likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than men. It has also been determined that overweight men develop rheumatoid arthritis at a later age than women..

According to statistics, rheumatoid arthritis, today, affects about 1 percent of the total population.. One can imagine the scale of their incidence with the current increase in obesity.

Rheumatoid arthritis is considered an autoimmune disease, meaning that the body's tissues are attacked by the body's own immune system.. The lesion causes inflammation and swelling of the tissues. The disease usually develops between the ages of 30 and 60..

The review of the study can be concluded positively, as scientists noted that the normalization of body weight significantly reduces the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis or can stop the progression of the process..

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