Aside from a sexier figure, fit body, decreased risk of diabetes and other illnesses associated with overweight and fat, women has yet another reason to shed excess weight – to keep healthy bones. Researchers recently found that excess fat around the middle increases the risk of developing osteoporosis or lower bone mass, directly contrary to what was always believed by professionals in scrubs uniforms that fat actually protects bone loss. At mayoclinic.com, frame size is listed as osteoporosis risk factor, stating that exceptionally thin body with BMI of 19 and lower or small body frames are at higher risk of developing the disease.
After spending much of her time wearing lab coat and staying in laboratory, Miriam A. Bredella, M.D., a radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and assistant professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School in Boston and study's lead author concluded, "We know that obesity is a major public health problem. Now we know that abdominal obesity needs to be included as a risk factor for osteoporosis and bone loss."
The risk is even higher among older women, for as we know, bones naturally weaken due to degeneration that comes with ageing. And if combined with excess belly fat, the risk soars. So while still young, keeping belly fat at bay would be necessary. People, especially obese women, must hear what their gym instructor and physician say. Even seemingly healthy individuals must watch other risk factors of osteoporosis and act to reverse conditions.
Being a woman is a big risk factor for osteoporosis. Further, people and or Asian and white women are at higher risk of developing osteoporosis. If one has a family history of osteoporosis, there is greater possibility for that person to suffer from osteoporosis. Too much thyroid hormone can also cause bone loss that leads to osteoporosis. Other risk factors of osteoporosis also include law calcium intake, tobacco use, eating disorders, sedentary lifestyle, excessive alcohol consumption, corticosteroid medications and other drugs, as well as medical conditions and procedures affecting bone health.
The risk is even higher among older women, for as we know, bones naturally weaken due to degeneration that comes with ageing. And if combined with excess belly fat, the risk soars. So while still young, keeping belly fat at bay would be necessary. People, especially obese women, must hear what their gym instructor and physician say. Even seemingly healthy individuals must watch other risk factors of osteoporosis and act to reverse conditions.
Being a woman is a big risk factor for osteoporosis. Further, people and or Asian and white women are at higher risk of developing osteoporosis. If one has a family history of osteoporosis, there is greater possibility for that person to suffer from osteoporosis. Too much thyroid hormone can also cause bone loss that leads to osteoporosis. Other risk factors of osteoporosis also include law calcium intake, tobacco use, eating disorders, sedentary lifestyle, excessive alcohol consumption, corticosteroid medications and other drugs, as well as medical conditions and procedures affecting bone health.
