Are you at Risk for Osteoporosis?

The most common risk factors are:

(If you have 2 or more risk factors you should be tested)

• Female

• Age 50 or older

•  Post menopause

• Total hysterectomy before age 45

• Not enough calcium in your diet

• Not enough Sunlight or Vitamin D

• Not enough physical activity

• Family history of osteoporosis

• Thin, “small-boned”, small stature

• White or Eurasian ancestry

• Suffered a bone fracture as an adult

• Smoker, excess caffeine, excess alcohol

• Use of Certain medications

• (cortisone, prednisone, anticonvulsants, thyroid hormone,

• aluminum containing antacids)