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Nutrition Science and Everyday Application - beta v 0.1

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498 ALICE CALLAHAN, PHD, HEATHER LEONARD, MED, RDN, AND TAMBERLY POWELL, MS, RDN<br />

down old bone tissue. Another type of cell, called osteoblasts, are continually forming new<br />

bone. The ongoing balance between osteoblasts <strong>and</strong> osteoclasts is responsible for the<br />

constant but subtle reshaping of bone. The decline in bone mass after age 40 occurs because<br />

the rate of bone loss is greater than the rate of bone formation. This means that osteoclastmediated<br />

bone degradation exceeds that of the bone-building activity of osteoblasts. How<br />

much bone is lost in adulthood depends on peak bone mass reached in early adulthood <strong>and</strong><br />

other risk factors, as we’ll discuss next.<br />

OSTEOPOROSIS<br />

Osteoporosis is a bone disease that occurs when bone density or bone mass decreases. The<br />

bone becomes thinner <strong>and</strong> more porous <strong>and</strong> is therefore more susceptible to breaking.<br />

According to the National Institute of Arthritis <strong>and</strong> Musculoskeletal <strong>and</strong> Skin Diseases, more<br />

than 53 million people in the U.S. either have osteoporosis already or are at high risk of<br />

developing it due to low bone mass. 1

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