Exercise Trumps Calcium
Move It Or Lose It
Girls build six times more bone strength from exercise than from calcium, finds a decade-long study of 80 girls, ages 12 to 22, at Pennsylvania State of University and Johns Hopkins University. So you would be mistaken if you think the only thing you have to do is get your kids to drink their milk. They need regular weight-bearing activities like walking, dancing, and participating in organized sports. Thirty minutes at least every day would prove beneficial. Females develop 40 % of their bone mass between the age of 12 and 16; they start to lose it in their mid 30s. That means attaining optimal bone mass and strength in adolescence may ultimately ward off osteoporosis. Previous studies, which looked at bone density, had suggested that calcium was key. But these researchers measured bone strength – now recognized as the more critical measurement.
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