It's Never Too Early To Fight Osteoporosis

Monday, March 1, 2010

It’s Never Too Early To Fight Osteoporosis A (NAPSA)—Asgirls get older, they tend to drink less andless milk—precisely when they need it most. The most important bone- > } building years, it turns out, are between ages 9 and 18. Beginning at age 9, girls in par- ticular need more calcium andvi- tamin D than when they were younger. By age 18, girls have built 90 percent of their bone mass. Fortunately, you can help a girl build strong bones and take ad- vantage of the benefits of dairy products—even if she doesn’t like milk. To help, here are tips from Best Bones Forever!, a program through the U.S. Department of Health and = Childhood and adolescence are the key windows of opportunity for building strong bones and warding off the disease of osteoporosis. Get active. Physical activity is Human Services’ Office on Wom- just as important for strong bones their BFFs(best friends forever) to D. Your daughter needs 60 minutes of activity each day, so encourage her to get involved with an after-school activity such as soccer, gymnastics or tennis. Get en’s Health, to encourage girls and get active and choose foods with calcium and vitamin D. Find calcium in unexpected places. Did you know that a glass of calcium-fortified orange juice has the same amount of calcium as a glass of milk? You can find other sources of calcium at www.bestbonesforever.gov/parents /foods/foods_list.cfm. Plain yogurt, for example, has up to 450 mil- ligrams of calcium per serving— that’s more than milk. Breakfast starts it off right. Eating breakfast can increase energy and boost brainpower—and as foods with calcium and vitamin active as a family by taking walks after dinneror playing basketball. Sneak it in. Make a smoothie for a snack (try the recipe on this page), roll up string cheese in a fortified tortilla with salsa, pre- pare soups with low-fat or fat-free milk, and add bok choy and fortified tofu to a stir-fry. Black and Blue Smoothie can be a great time to get foods with 2 cups blueberries more than 60 percentof girls said plain yogurt 1 cup low-fat or fat-free milk calcium and vitamin D. In a recent poll on www.bestbonesforever.gov, they primarily have milk wheneating cereal. You do make a difference! Parents who think that they no longer have an influence on their tween or teen daughters are wrong—the majority of adolescent girls cite parents as their biggest influence when it comes to nutrition. 1 cup low-fat or fat-free 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups ice Mix ingredients in a blender for 1 minute. Find recipes, learn ways to get active as a family andjoin the discussion with other parents at www.bestbonesforever.gov/parents.

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