Looking around the world we find that osteoporosis it
is not simply something that always happens to us "as we age",
but rather it is another of the degenerative diseases that occurs
more in the highly industrialized countries than in traditional
cultures.
Around the world, osteoporotic hip fracture rates vary from country
to country some 30 fold for women and some 16 times fold for men.
The highest rates are found in the more "developed" countries.
For example, scientists have not been able to find any signs of
osteoporosis among the Mayan Indians of Central America and some
researchers estimate the Chinese fracture rate to be one-fifth of
ours.
Next: Osteoporosis is Not Just For
Women
Extracted from our book, Better
Bones Better Body (Keats 2000) by our Director, Susan E. Brown,
Ph.D., CCN
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