building stronger bones. learning objectives i know that i must put ‘bone in the bank’ now to...
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Building Stronger
Bones
Learning Objectives
• I know that I must put ‘bone in the bank’ now to prevent getting osteoporosis and broken bones in later life.
• I know that I can protect my bones by eating a balanced diet, and doing weight-bearing exercise.
Why do we need our bones?
• As a framework for our bodies.
• To protect vital organs such as the heart and lungs.
• If we didn’t have bones we might look like this!
Which animal is this?
A rabbit!
Which animal is this?
A cat!
Are our bones alive or dead?
Alive!
• They continue to grow until we are about 18 years old.
• We have until we are about 25 years old to make our bones really strong.
Put your bone in the bank now!
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Bo
ne M
ass
/De
nsity
Age (years)
Getting to your peak bone mass
Age-related bone loss
Men
Women
Ref.Compston J.E. Clinical Endocrinol 1990
If you don’t look after your bones they could look like
this!
Healthy Bone Osteoporotic bone
You need to eat a balanced diet to
build strong bones.
Weight-bearing exercise builds strong bones.
Activities for strengthening muscle and improving balance
Vitamin D
• The sunshine vitamin. We get 90% of our vitamin D from the sun.
• We need vitamin D to help your body absorb calcium.
• Eat a balanced diet.• Do weight-bearing exercise regularly.• Get your vitamin D – have regular doses of sunshine but be safe!
Remember!
Log onto the bones4life web site and have some fun with us!
www.bones4life.org