{"id":246,"date":"2018-08-09T02:58:16","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T02:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bfd.co.nz\/?p=246"},"modified":"2023-09-12T23:55:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T23:55:09","slug":"bone-health-fracture-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bfd.co.nz\/bone-health-fracture-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Bone Health &#038; Fracture Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As we age our bone density reduces, meaning our bones become more brittle &amp; the risk of osteoporosis &amp; fractures increase. While both <\/span>men and women can suffer from osteoporosis, post-menopausal women lose bone density more quickly putting them at a higher risk than men of the same age. Worldwide, the ratio of hip fractures between women &amp; men is 2\/3<span class=\"s2\"><sup>rds<\/sup><\/span> to 1\/3<span class=\"s2\"><sup>rd<\/sup><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There are several things that can help optimize bone health, including:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">&#8211; Eating a balanced calcium enriched diet<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">&#8211; Keeping to a normal healthy body weight<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">&#8211; Participating in regular weight bearing exercise<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">&#8211; Minimizing alcohol intake<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">&#8211; Remaining smoke &amp; vape-free<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">&#8211; Developing emotional resilience<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">A bone density scan is a good measure for assessing bone health with self-referral to Medex or Bay Radiology an option within the Western Bay of Plenty PHO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we age our bone density reduces, meaning our bones become more brittle &amp; the risk of osteoporosis &amp; fractures increase. While both men and women can suffer from osteoporosis, post-menopausal women lose bone density more quickly putting them at a higher risk than men of the same age. Worldwide, the ratio of hip fractures&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bfd.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bfd.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bfd.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bfd.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bfd.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bfd.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1240,"href":"https:\/\/bfd.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions\/1240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bfd.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bfd.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bfd.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bfd.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}