SURGEON GENERAL'S REPORT ON OSTEOPOROSIS AND BONE HEALTH FINDS LACK OF PREVENTION PUTS AGING POPULATION AT RISK

June 28, 2006

The first Surgeon General's report on osteoporosis and bone health, just released, finds lack of simple preventive measures puts an increasingly aging population at risk. The report details that half of all older Americans will have osteoporosis or be at high risk of getting it by 2020 - unless they start strengthening their bones now with a boost of calcium, vitamin D and weight-bearing exercise.