Test Your Bone Strength campaign. Extensive scientific evidence suggests that adequate dietary intake of calcium and vitamin D throughout life reduces the risk of osteoporosis. Unfortunately, most of the time osteoporosis goes unnoticed until sudden hip or vertebrae fractures occur.
Hispanic women have a significant risk for developing the disease.
To this day, the best cure for osteoporosis is prevention. Adequate diet, regular exercise and routine medical follow-ups are the key to lessening the incidence of osteoporosis among Latinas.