To Ensure Bone Health, Start Early
By JANE E. BRODY
Most people don’t start thinking about the health of their bones until midlife or later, by which time it can be too late to do very much to protect against serious bone loss and resulting fractures.
Researchers who study bone health say concern about the strength of one’s bones should start in childhood and continue through adolescence, when the body builds most of the bone that must sustain it for the remaining years of life.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/to-ensure-bone-health-start-early/?emc=eta1&_r=0