Transcript TEEN YEARS: A once in a Lifetime Chance to Build Bone

TEEN YEARS:
A once in a Lifetime
Chance to Build Bone
Adapted by Dr. Vivian G. Baglien
LET’S BUILD BONES
If your diet is low in calcium, you
make withdrawals
If you have enough calcium in your diet,
you make deposits
Osteoporosis
What puts you at risk?
Family history
 If
someone in
your family
has
osteoporosis,
you are at
higher risk for
developing
What puts you at risk?
Diet
• Low
calcium
intake
•
Low vitamin
D
What puts you at risk?
mechanical
hormones
Being Underweight
padding
What puts you at risk?

Excessive
exercise

Hormones

Smoking

Excess alcohol

Excess caffeine

Physical
Teenagers can suffer from
premature osteoporosis!
Controllable factors can
literally make or break bone
diet
hormones
exercise
How can you build bones?
Get adequate calcium!
Dairy products are the
easiest choices for most
people.
Food Sources of Calcium
Prepared Foods
Other Foods
Meats &
Alternatives
Grain Products
Fruits &
Vegetables
Milk Products
How much calcium do you need?
AGE
Adequate Intake (1997)
(mg of calcium)
0-6 months
210
6-12 months 270
1-3 years
500
4-8 years
800
9-18 years
1300
 You need the most calcium!
19- 50 years 1000
51+ years
1200
There are no changes for pregnancy or lactation .
Food Guide to Healthy eating
Canada’s Food
Guide
recommends
3 – 4 servings
of milk
products per
day for youth.
Get enough vitamin D!

In our latitude,
we can’t rely on
sunshine for
making Vitamin D
Get enough Vitamin D!
 Food
Sources
are your best
bet!
1 glass of milk has 100 IU
3.5 oz of sardines has 270 IU
How much Vitamin D do you
need?
AGE
DRIs
1997
0–49
200 IU
50–70
400 IU
>70
600 IU
There are no changes for pregnancy or lactation .
Keep Moving!

Weight-bearing exercise can help you
build strong bones.

Examples of weight-bearing exercise:
- Jumping rope
- Jogging
- Dancing
- Weight-lifting
- Step aerobics
It’s good to be dense!
Are you?
Are you getting enough
Calcium?
 Use
the
Calcium
calculator to
find out!
FACSE STANDARDS
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FCS 14.1 Analyze factors that influence nutrition and wellness practices across the lifespan.
FCS 14.3.1 Apply various dietary guidelines in planning to meet nutrition and wellness needs.
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CORE/ Technology; SL5 Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio,
visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings,
reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
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CORE/ Health: SL5 Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual,
and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning,
and evidence and to add interest.

CORE/ Health 1.5.4 Evaluates how healthy and unhealthy eating patterns impact the function
of the body.
Reference
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