Obesity in childhood leads to poor posture and back pain

Obesity in childhood leads to poor posture and back pain


Being overweight as a child and adolescent can lead to poor postures linked to back pain, according to new research by Curtin University's School of Physiotherapy, the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute and the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.
The research team compared the body mass index (BMI, a common benchmark for obesity), of 1,373 children from the

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