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Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis and Athetic Women

10/04/2000

Question:

what is osteoporosis and how does it effect athletic women?

Answer:

Please see our basic information on osteoporosis to understand the condition. Women athletes can promote osteoporosis in their bodies by exercising so much that they lose weight and lose their menstrual periods.

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Response by:

University of Cincinnati Margery Gass, MD
Formely, Professor, Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati
Margery   Gass, MD