Editing Bone (section)

== Bone health ==
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Bone health is vastly important all throughout life due to a number of reasons, some of those being, without strong healthy bones we are more at risk for different chronic diseases, and fractures as well as day-to-day function being more difficult with poor bone health. Developing strong bones as a child is one of the most important steps to having healthy bones all throughout life because this is when a strong foundation is built, which will make it much easier to maintain musculoskeletal health in later years. Adolescence offers a window to really develop bones in either a positive or negative way. It is estimated that diet and exercise during these years can impact peak bone mass as an adult nearly 20-40%.<ref name="pmid38161439">{{cite journal | vauthors = Faienza MF, Urbano F, Chiarito M, Lassandro G, Giordano P | title = Musculoskeletal health in children and adolescents | journal = Frontiers in Pediatrics | volume = 11 | issue = | page = 1226524 | date = 2023 | pmid = 38161439 | pmc = 10754974 | doi = 10.3389/fped.2023.1226524 | doi-access = free }}</ref> One study done on children with developmental coordination disorder found an increase in bone mass up to 4% and 5% in the cortical areas of the tibia alone from a 13-week training period,<ref name="pmid33265073">{{cite journal | vauthors = Tan JL, Siafarikas A, Rantalainen T, Hart NH, McIntyre F, Hands B, Chivers P | title = Impact of a multimodal exercise program on tibial bone health in adolescents with Development Coordination Disorder: an examination of feasibility and potential efficacy | journal = Journal of Musculoskeletal & Neuronal Interactions | volume = 20 | issue = 4 | pages = 445–471 | date = December 2020 | pmid = 33265073 | doi = | pmc = 7716678 | url = }}</ref> which is truly significant when considering how participants only participated in the multimodal workouts twice per week, and it would be reasonable to expect these increases to be greater if workouts were more frequent, especially in youth without developmental coordination disorder. Peak bone mass occurs between the second and third decade of most people's lives,<ref name="pmid36578952">{{cite journal | vauthors = Baronio F, Baptista F | title = Editorial: Bone health and development in children and adolescents | journal = Frontiers in Endocrinology | volume = 13 | issue = | page = 1101403 | date = 2022 | pmid = 36578952 | doi = 10.3389/fendo.2022.1101403 | doi-access = free | pmc = 9791941 | url = }}</ref> and with this being the case if we can really stockpile as much bone mass and increase our BMD and BMC by living healthy active lives, and having good diets that consume adequate calcium and vitamin D then we will truly have a leg up in our later lives as well as actively decreasing risks of certain chronic diseases such as osteoporosis.