Obesity and disease activity in juvenile
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Christina F Pelajo; Jorge M Lopez-Benitez; Laurie C Miller
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Article
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2012
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BioMed Central
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English
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## Background Children with physical disabilities may have an increased risk for obesity and obesity might be a risk factor for inflammatory arthritis. The aims of this study were: to determine the prevalence of obesity in children and adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and to ex