OSTEOPOROSIS

OSTEOPOROSIS

Osteo - bone
Porosis - porous

Bones become porous and fragile

due to loss of minerals
According to the NOF, 52 million
Americans have this

Osteoporosis
It can lead to bone
fractures that
include the hip
and spine
Bones also
become weak,
brittle and break
easily

Strong dense
bone

Bone gives up
calcium to the
blood

AGE AND BONE CALCIUM

Two major stages of life

Childhood and adolescence
Bone-acquiring stage
Late adulthood
Bone-losing decades
Minimizing bone loss
Calcium and vitamin D status

Activity
WHAT IS CALCIUM?
WHAT IS VITAMIN D?
HOW DO THEY AFFECT BONE
HEALTH

CALCIUM

Most abundant mineral in the body

Adequate intake
Grows

a healthy skeleton in early life

Helps minimize bone loss in later life

Majority of bodys calcium is in bones and teeth

Part

of bone structure
Calcium bank

Absorption
Adults

absorb about 30% of the calcium ingested

Deficiency
Peak

bone mass by late 20s

All adults lose bone with age

Begins between 30 and 40 years of age

Calcium rich foods

Broccoli- c, 1 cupped hand

VITAMIN D ROLES IN THE BODY

Bone growth
Calcium

and phosphorus absorption

Enhances absorption
Provides minerals from other sources

Other roles
Enhances

or suppresses gene activity

Regulate insulin & blood sugar
May prevent bladder, breast, colon, ovarian and
prostate cancer
Reduces inflammation

BIOAVAILABILITY OF CALCIUM
FROM SELECTED FOODS

HOW MUCH VITAMIN D AND

CALCIUM DO WE NEED ?
Age
Calcium
9 to 18 years
1, 300 mg
old
19 to 49 years, 1,000 mg
men up to 71
years old

Vitamin D
600 IU

Pregnant and
1,000 mg
breastfeeding:
19 and older

400-8000 IU

600 IU

ACTIVITY
INCORPORATING
FOODS

CALCIUM

1. Find the calcium %

(listed as % Daily Value
per serving)

2. Drop the %

3. Keep the number and

add a zero

30% DV = 300 mg
Calcium.

1 cup of milk provides

300 mg of calcium.

VITAMIN D
1.Find the Vitamin D %
(listed as % Daily Value
per serving)
2.Drop the %
3.Multiply x 4
Ex.
1.Vitamin D in label is
25% in an 8 ounce cup
2. Drop the % = 25
3. 25 x 4 = 100 IU in 1
cup of milk