building stronger bones. learning objectives i know that i must put ‘bone in the bank’ now to...

Building Stronger

Bones

Learning Objectives

• I know that I must put ‘bone in the bank’ now to prevent getting osteoporosis and broken bones in later life.

• I know that I can protect my bones by eating a balanced diet, and doing weight-bearing exercise.

Why do we need our bones?

• As a framework for our bodies.

• To protect vital organs such as the heart and lungs.

• If we didn’t have bones we might look like this!

Which animal is this?

A rabbit!

Which animal is this?

A cat!

Are our bones alive or dead?

Alive!

• They continue to grow until we are about 18 years old.

• We have until we are about 25 years old to make our bones really strong.

Put your bone in the bank now!

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Age (years)

Getting to your peak bone mass

Age-related bone loss

Men

Women

Ref.Compston J.E. Clinical Endocrinol 1990

If you don’t look after your bones they could look like

this!

Healthy Bone Osteoporotic bone

You need to eat a balanced diet to

build strong bones.

Weight-bearing exercise builds strong bones.

Activities for strengthening muscle and improving balance

Vitamin D

• The sunshine vitamin. We get 90% of our vitamin D from the sun.

• We need vitamin D to help your body absorb calcium.

• Eat a balanced diet.• Do weight-bearing exercise regularly.• Get your vitamin D – have regular doses of sunshine but be safe!

Remember!

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www.bones4life.org