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Breaking bones in childhood more than doubles the odds of it happening again as an adult, study finds

  • Written by: Kim Meredith-Jones, Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago
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Breaking a bone in childhood is not just a rite of passage. It could be a warning sign of future fracture risk and osteoporosis.

A history of prior fracture is one of the strongest predictors of future fractures, yet current guidelines used to determine osteoporosis risk ignore childhood fractures.

We investigated the history of...

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