TEEN YEARS: A once in a Lifetime Chance to Build Bone Adapted by Dr. Vivian G. Baglien
LET’S BUILD BONES
If your diet is low in calcium, you make withdrawals
If you have enough calcium in your diet, you make deposits
Osteoporosis
What puts you at risk? Family history If someone in your family has osteoporosis, you are at higher risk for developing osteoporosis.
What puts you at risk? Diet Low calcium intake Low vitamin D extreme dieting
What puts you at risk? mechanicalpaddinghormones Being Underweight
What puts you at risk? Excessive exercise Hormones Smoking Excess alcohol Excess caffeine Physical inactivity Certain medications
Teenagers can suffer from premature osteoporosis!
Controllable factors can literally make or break bone exercise diet hormones
How can you build bones?
Get adequate calcium! Dairy products are the easiest choices for most people.
Food Sources of Calcium
How much calcium do you need? Age Adequate Intake (mg/day)Adequate Intake 0-6 months months-1 year years years 1, years 1, years 1,000 Men years 1,000 Men 71 years or older 1,200 Women 51 years and older 1,200 Pregnant and breastfeeding teens 1,300 Pregnant and breastfeeding adults 1,000. You need the most calcium!
Food Guide to Healthy eating 3 – 4 servings of milk products per day for youth. From My Plate
Get enough vitamin D! In our latitude, we can’t rely on sunshine for making Vitamin D
Get enough Vitamin D! Food Sources are your best bet! 1 glass of milk has 100 IU 3.5 oz of sardines has 270 IU
AGERDA 0–49200 IU 50–70400 IU >70600 IU There are no changes for pregnancy or lactation. How much Vitamin D do you need?
Keep Moving! Weight-bearing exercise can help you build strong bones. Examples of weight-bearing exercise: - Jumping rope - Jogging - Dancing - Weight-lifting - Step aerobics
It’s good to be dense! Are you?
Are you getting enough Calcium? Don’t make it a guessing game! Know your health needs Teens need 5 -8 oz. servings a day!
Bottoms up! Make it a lifetime habit!
FACSE STANDARDS FCS 14.1 Analyze factors that influence nutrition and wellness practices across the lifespan. FCS Apply various dietary guidelines in planning to meet nutrition and wellness needs. CORE/ Technology; SL5 Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. CORE/ Health: SL5 Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. CORE/ Health Evaluates how healthy and unhealthy eating patterns impact the function of the body.
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