Understanding Nutrition (MindTap Course List)
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To explain: The plan of action to encourage teens to adopt strategies that will enhance the bone development.
Concept introduction: Osteoporosis is a disease that is characterized by loss of bone density and other bone micro architecture quality that lead to an increased risk of fracture.
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Osteoporosis typically develops in old age, yet the time to optimize bone density is during childhood and adolescence—decades away from the realities of hip fractures and spinal collapses. What plan of action might you develop to encourage teens to adopt strategies that will enhance bone development? Be sure to address potential obstacles and reluctances typical of that age.
At puberty in males the increase of testosterone results in:
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appositional bone growth increases.
osteoblasts increase the rate of bone resorption.
epiphyseal plates widen rapidly.
intramembranous ossification increases.
Discuss the role of osteoclasts, osteoblasts, parathyroid hormone, and calcitonin in bone growth.
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