20th October World Osteoporosis Day

Last Friday we celebrated the World Day of Osteoporosis. Lots have been updated and you are encouraged to take the health of your bone seriously from early years. This is because our bones are active living tissue comprised of a myriad of cells, blood vessels, proteins and minerals. And as you are born, your body contains 300 soft bones which are transformed during childhood and then adolescence into hard bones. As a result the adult skeleton has 206 bones which keep changing throughout lifespan.

 

 

 Peak bone mass is achieved for both males and females by the mid-twenties. Thereafter, a gradual decline into old age occurs in men, while a plateau followed by an accelerated period of bone loss for several years after the menopause occurs in women. 

 

Resources:

 

http://share.iofbonehealth.org/WOD/Compendium/IOF-Compendium-of-Osteoporosis-WEB.pdf