Childhood obesity a major link to hip diseases

"Daniel Perry, who is also an Honorary Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, said: 'This is the best evidence available linking this disease to childhood obesity -- which makes this condition to be one of the only obesity-related disease that can cause life-long morbidity starting in childhood.

'A significant proportion of patients with SCFE are initially misdiagnosed and those presenting with knee pain are particularly at risk."