OBESITY AND OSGOOD SCHLATTER’S DISEASE – GENERAL INFORMATION

Posted on May 12, 2009, under General health.

The real problem may be that the individual may be exercising too little for the amount of food taken and this could be not merely a sign of laziness but because of an inherited disposition to be less active.

The authors of the study raise one caution which, they say, they have not been able to determine. This is whether or not the overweight babies had learned to satisfy other needs by eating when they were not hungry.

I suppose advice to eat less and take more exercise still remains very good for the overweight of any age but such simple, cheap and effective advice, while remaining totally true, will not work for many people, such is the perversity of human nature.

The diagnosis is usually obvious from the signs but can be confirmed by X-ray.

The only treatment necessary is rest, either by wearing a bandage or a plaster cast to prevent movement of the knee. The inflammation usually subsides after six weeks’ rest and the teenager can resume sport without any after-effects.

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