Can exercises during the teen years prevent osteoporosis later in life?
The answer appears to be “yes”, according to the Pediatrics for Parents newsletter. While there is considerable talk about calcium supplements, perhaps we should focus more on exercise, especially with adolescents. Pediatrics for Parents quotes the journal Family Practice News: “Bone mineral density reaches its maximum at around age twenty. If teens want to lessen their chances of osteoporosis many decades later, increasing their exercise will help. “Teens who exercised two hours a day, five days, for five weeks had increased bone formation compared to a similar group of teenage boys who didn’t exercise regularly. The exercise was only moderate, and none of the study subjects dropped out of the program because it was too tough.” Eco-Conscious We Can Make a Difference In 1981, the average household received 59 mail-order catalogues; by 1991, the number had increased 140%, to 142. Did you know that by calling the 800 numbers found in catalogs and canceling the mail-order catalogs you don
