Obese patients showed significantly less improvement after surgery than nonobese patients according to the Oswestry Disability Index (-33.7 vs -40.1), bodily pain (44.2 vs 50.0 points), and physical function (37.3 vs 47.7 points).
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Hindu devotees light oil lamps during the Diwali festival, on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern Indian city of Allahabad on November 6, 2014. Photo: REUTERS/Jitendra Prakash. Diwali, also known as Deepawali, is the five-day Indian festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists around the world.