A new study that surveyed 1 million Americans shows a clear association between obesity and pain.
The study, done by Stony Brook University Medical Center in New York and published in January in an online edition of Obesity, found not only was there a clear link between pain and obesity, but also that people who were the heaviest suffered higher rates of pain.
Researchers surveyed 1,010,762 people via telephone over a two-year period, from 2008 to 2010. Height, weight and body mass index were calculated, along with detailed questions about pain.
