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What are the healthy components of bones? Your bones are made up of three main components that make them flexible and strong. They include collagen, calcium-phosphate mineral complexes, and living bone cells.2. Can anyone develop osteoporosis? Who is at higher risk and why? Is it possible to be predisposed? Explain. What is the difference in risk between men and women and why? Yes, anyone can develop osteoporosis. In middle age, bone loss typically accelerates in both men and women. For most women, bone loss increases after menopause, when estrogen levels drop sharply. In fact, in the five to seven years following menopause, women can decrease by up to 20% or more in their bone density. When do you start losing bone mass? After reaching peak bone mass, the stability between bone development and bone loss may begin to alter. You may begin to gradually lose more bone than you can form.4. Why is osteoporosis called the silent disease? Osteoporosis is sometimes called a "silent disease" because it can appear gradually over many years without you knowing it. I have researched that often the first symptom of osteoporosis is a broken bone, also called a fracture, often occurring in the hip, spine, or wrist. How common is osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is certainly a common occurrence. It happens when you lose too much bone; make too little bone, or both. Approximately 52 million Americans suffer from osteoporosis and low bone mass, putting them at increased risk for osteoporosis. Reports suggest that approximately one in two women and up to one in four men aged 50 or older will break a bone due to osteoporosis.6. What are the risk factors? There are numerous factors, both controllable and uncontrollable, that put you at risk of increasing or… middle of paper… eating properly and ensuring a proper diet would be part of the medical options. Some risks you can control and some are uncontrollable.11. Is osteoporosis reversible? Explain. Osteoporosis is reversible with the right treatment. If you control the risk early, it would decrease the chances of this happening later in life. Furthermore, drug treatment and painless X-ray treatment could prevent further damage in the future.12. What are ways we can keep bones healthy? Take better care of you. Eat healthy, for example fruits and vegetables, don't smoke or drink, get enough calcium and vitamin D to help build a better structure and lifestyle.13. Evaluate your risk of osteoporosis and your calcium intake based on nutrient analysis and compare it to the RDA for your gender and age. Here is a table to assess your risk for my height and weight.