“I’m Losing Weight Since Quitting Smoking?” It Wasn’t All Good News… The Risk of Hip Fractures Increases ‘Significantly’

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It was found that if body weight decreases by more than 5% after quitting smoking, the risk of hip fracture increases by nearly twofold compared to non-smokers. On the 30th, a research team led by Professors Park Ji-won, Seo Dong-hoon, and Hong Jae-young of the Department of Orthopedics at Korea University Ansan Hospital [conducted] a large-scale study tracking 910,000 people...