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Build Up Your Bones

Follow these tips to keep your skeleton at its sturdiest and prevent osteoporosis.

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By Kelly L. Phillips

 

Assess Your Risk

To help prevent osteoporosis, it's important to keep your bones healthy and strong. An easy way to determine whether you're at risk for the disease: take the new quick and easy test developed by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (iofbonehealth.org). It takes minutes to answer the series of questions, and you'll get an analysis of your bone health based on your answers.

Read on for easy ways to keep your bones healthy.



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