What you do in childhood is probably your best prevention for osteoporosis in adult life. Research tends to focus on senior population and it's already too late. They just have to be active. Oh golly, I didn't do enough physical activity when I was young in the critical time of bone growth. I think if I were giving out that message.
Conservation is as important.
So the three parts, the three sort of determinants of a healthy skeleton are gain during childhood, conservation during adulthood and the loss and the rate at which you lose bone during later adulthood, conservation is key as well. And if you're not doing anything in later life, you're losing your skeleton and maybe at a faster rate. Dr Heather McKay, from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. The Journal of Pediatrics , Vol.