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| Adolescent Prone to Osteoporosis |
Adolescent have a lifestyle that is prone to osteoporosis or bone disease. Why it could happen? Though osteoporosis is generally attacked parents with age above 50 years.
Osteoporosis is a disorder with a character density or bone mass density decreases due to an interruption in the structure of bone tissue, causing bones to become brittle and facilitate the occurrence of fractures, especially in the pelvic area, spine, and arms.
Osteoporosis is usually rare or no symptoms at all, although the radiological reduction of bone mass density of about 30% will be visible. The initial symptoms of osteoporosis are generally characterized by pain, especially in the back area, followed by fractures to the spine causing extreme pain.
Lifestyle adopted by the ABG is currently very worried about it. Lifestyle of those who want to trim, like smoking, alcohol consumption, and are reluctant to exposure to the sun can increase your risk of osteoporosis.
Many teens who want to look slimmer, so that finally they refused to drink milk for fear of fat. In addition, young women are generally reluctant to exposure to the sun, for fear of black skin, which eventually lead to their lack of vitamin D. Smoking habits are also common in teenage environment. Nicotine contained in cigarettes may absorb calcium in the body's reserves, as well as with alcohol consumption. If the ABG does not want to adopt a healthy lifestyle with a balanced nutrition, it is feared they will be the generation of osteoporosis in two or three more decades.
The accumulation process of bone tissue that is not strong in the growth period will cause a person experiences more rapid bone loss compared with a person who is stronger bone tissue. To that end, the teens should meet the needs of calcium and vitamin D each day through a healthy lifestyle. Needs of adolescents about 1,000 milligrams of calcium per day, whereas the recommended requirement of vitamin D is about 400 to 800 IU per day.
Source : info-sehat.com
