Kids and Their Bones: A Guide For Parents
Author: Public Health Service Department of Health and Human Services
Date Published: 2002
Typically when parents theink about their children's health, they don't think about their bones. But building healthy bones by adopting healthy nutrition and lifestyle habits in childhood is very important to help prevent osteoprosis and fractures later in life. Osteoporosis, the disease that causes bones to become less dense and prone to fractures, has been called a "pediatric disease with geriatric consequences," because the bone mass attained in chldhood and adolescence is a very important determinant of lifeling skeletal health. The health habits your kids are forming now can make--or literally, break--their bones as they age.
Date Published: 2002
Typically when parents theink about their children's health, they don't think about their bones. But building healthy bones by adopting healthy nutrition and lifestyle habits in childhood is very important to help prevent osteoprosis and fractures later in life. Osteoporosis, the disease that causes bones to become less dense and prone to fractures, has been called a "pediatric disease with geriatric consequences," because the bone mass attained in chldhood and adolescence is a very important determinant of lifeling skeletal health. The health habits your kids are forming now can make--or literally, break--their bones as they age.
