Rickets making a come-back in U.S. children

LordFu · 11-28-2007

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Too little milk, sunshine and exercise: It's an anti-bone trifecta. And for some kids, shockingly, it's leading to rickets, the soft-bone scourge of the 19th century.

But cases of full-blown rickets are just the red flag: Bone specialists say possibly millions of seemingly healthy children aren't building as much strong bone as they should - a gap that may leave them more vulnerable to bone-cracking osteoporosis later in life than their grandparents are.

"This potentially is a time-bomb," says Dr. Laura Tosi, bone health chief at Children's National Medical Center in Washington.

Now scientists are taking the first steps to track kids' bone quality and learn just how big a problem the anti-bone trio is causing, thanks to new research that finally shows just what "normal" bone density is for children of different ages.

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This is frightening. It's a symptom of the lack of basic health education in the U.S., I'm afraid. The fast-food, couch-potato lifestyle has dire consequences; a fact which many appear oblivious to.

Daquan13 · 11-29-2007

This is one of those diseases that were still around in the '50s,
like polo and tuburculosis.

Rasczak · 11-29-2007

Ban junk food!

hairy_Palms · 11-29-2007

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Ban junk food!

no need, just dose people up with mandatory vaccinations of "dont-eat-shit-you-know-is-bad-for-you-24/7-and-have-some-fucking-respect-for-your-body!"

narayan · 11-30-2007

I think you'd find similar trends in many developed countries. Whilst not stating it not so bluntly as some the answer does lie in good education about looking after yourself. How this happens with such large scale disrespect for our bodies is a complex problem to solve.

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narayan Au revoir Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 280	Re: Rickets making a come-back in U.S. children I think you'd find similar trends in many developed countries. Whilst not stating it not so bluntly as some the answer does lie in good education about looking after yourself. How this happens with such large scale disrespect for our bodies is a complex problem to solve.
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