9.E: Nutrients Important for Bone Health (Exercises)

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    It’s Your Turn

    1. Watch the following video on the DEXA technology. Then compose a hypothetical list of osteoporosis risk factors for a woman over the age of fifty and provide a recommendation on when she should start having her BMD monitored.

      DEXA—Dual Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry

      (click to see video)
    2. Summarize in a written discussion why it is critical to achieve a high peak bone mass early in young adulthood to reduce the risk of developing osteoporosis later in life. Provide a graph of the bone-life cycle in men and women.

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