JUNE 24, 2019

Obesity Shows Interference Potential Similar to Pain



Boston—When it comes to the pain of fibromyalgia versus obesity, which is more debilitating? A new study has found that obesity interferes more than pain in some aspects of living well and healthy.

For example, among women with fibromyalgia, obesity interfered more than pain with moderate to vigorous physical activity. That’s a problem because moderate or greater physical activity for at least 30 minutes daily has been shown to improve pain and function in fibromyalgia, and because