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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Bone Health and Osteoporosis — A Report of the Surgeon General

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HHS Non-systematic Review

Source: Office of the Surgeon General

Last Reviewed: 2019

Workgroups: Osteoporosis Workgroup, Older Adults Workgroup

This report from the Office of the Surgeon General describes the large problem of bone disease in the United States. It explains a public health approach, with actions that individuals, health care providers, and others can take to promote bone health.

Early diagnosis and correct treatment, as well as healthy life changes like increased physical activity and improved nutrition, can protect people from the damaging impact of bone disease and other long-term diseases.

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Objectives related to this resource (1)

Reduce the proportion of adults with osteoporosis — O‑01
Little or no detectable change

Suggested Citation

1.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Surgeon General. (2004). Bone Health and Osteoporosis - A Report of the Surgeon General. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK45513/.