(BPT) - Most people have heard of osteoporosis, but many people don t put much thought into their own bone health. However, in the United States, 54 million people age 50 and over either have or are at risk of developing osteoporosis, a silent systemic disease characterized by low bone mass, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation.
Approximately half of women and up to one in four men over the age of 50 will break a bone in her or his remaining lifetime due to osteoporosis, according to The Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.
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