As the associations between pediatric overweight/obesity and bone health remain controversial, we investigated the effects of overweight/obesity as well as lean mass (LM) and fat mass (FM) on bone parameters in adolescents. Bone parameters were evaluated using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) data of 982 adolescents (aged 12-19 years) from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examinati...

Volume 2 • Issue 1 • 1000e107 many more disease cases than a high risk exposure to a small number of people [2]. Hence, a preventative strategy targeting only high-risk individuals may benefit these individuals, but the total burden of the disease within the population will be less affected [2]. Unfortunately, the trends in previous guidelines and advocacies for prevention, treatment and manage...

Background Improving peak bone mass and bone strength in the first years of life and enhancing it during young adulthood could prevent osteoporosis and fractures in the last years of life. We evaluated the prevalence of low bone mass in the lumbar and femoral neck and its associated factors in southern Iranian children. Methods This is a cross-sectional study on healthy Iranian children aged ...

Estrogens, GH and IGFs are essential in the development and growth of the skeleton and for the maintenance of bone mass and density. Treatment of precocious puberty with GnRH analogs (GnRHa), by reducing sex steroid levels, leads to a situation of hypoestrogenism that may theoretically have a detrimental effect on bone mass during pubertal development. A reduction in bone mineral density (BMD) ...

Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disorder characterized by reduction of one mass, deterioration of bone structure, increase of bone fragility, and fracture risk increment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an educational program based on Health Melief Model (HBM) onosteoporosis and Bone Mineral Density (BMD) in women. In this quasi-experimental study, 160 participant...

OBJECTIVE To compare bone mineral density in patients with juvenile-onset Systemic lupus erythematosus and healthy controls. PARTICIPANTS Serial bone mineral density measurements in 27 patients with juvenile-onset systemic lupus were compared to 97 healthy age-matched controls. RESULTS All patients with juvenile-onset had low bone mineral density scores at initial assessment that progressed...