{"id":2331,"date":"2013-12-18T18:39:05","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T18:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medclinicsllc.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/18\/obesity-may-disturb-bone-growth-during-teen-years\/"},"modified":"2013-12-18T18:39:05","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T18:39:05","slug":"obesity-may-disturb-bone-growth-during-teen-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/2013\/12\/18\/obesity-may-disturb-bone-growth-during-teen-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Obesity may disturb bone growth during teen years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Shereen Jegtvig NEW YORK (Reuters Health) \u2013 Obese teens might not develop sufficient bone mass relative to their body weight, according to a new study from Brazil. Bone mineral acquisition \u201crises exponentially in both genders\u201d during the growth spurt following puberty, the researchers write in the journal Nutrition. Previous studies examining whether obesity interferes with bone development have shown conflicting results \u2013 some indicate bone density is fine when compared just to the adolescent\u2019s lean mass (muscle). But others have suggested bone density doesn\u2019t increase enough during this important period to support the heavier weight of obese teens, potentially putting them at increased risk for bone fractures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Shereen Jegtvig NEW YORK (Reuters Health) \u2013 Obese teens might not develop sufficient bone mass relative to their body weight, according to a new study from Brazil. Bone mineral acquisition \u201crises exponentially in both genders\u201d during the growth spurt following puberty, the researchers write in the journal Nutrition. Previous studies examining whether obesity interferes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,33,67,80,81,82,85],"class_list":["post-2331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weight-management","tag-diet","tag-hcg","tag-phentermine","tag-weight","tag-weight-clinic","tag-weight-loss","tag-weight-managenemt"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/localhealthcareaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}