[lit-ideas] Re: NYT
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 23:43:41 +0000
Tuesday, November 16, 2004, 8:12:00 PM, Andy Amago wrote:
AA> J.E. Some types of exercise do not affect bone mass, others
AA> (load-bearing/impact ones), increase it (this assumes the
AA> requisite calcium intake).
AA> A.A. That was Gina Kolata's point, that exercise doesn't
AA> affect bone mass at all. Tuft's still says it does, as do nearly
AA> all other sources, including, I think, the U.S. government health
AA> services. It's a big deal because it means billions of dollars in
AA> health care services for fractures. You're putting a doubt in my
AA> mind as to whether she meant only upper body weight lifting for
AA> women.
I didn't get that from anything Kolata wrote; women here are told that
load-bearing/impact (weight-bearing/resistance) exercises increase bone mass or
prevent its erosion, it's the conventional medical view (here). Your National
Osteoporosis Foundation recommends them too.
AA> J.E. they aren't doing load-bearing/impact exercise.
AA> A.A. That's the conventional wisdom. Like I said, read the book and let me
know.
Obviously they could also have lacked Vitamin D
AA> J.E. have you got a cite for the meta-study?
AA> A.A. Only that it appeared in Gina Kolata's book. I didn't follow up on it.
_Ultimate Fitness_ -- you read it?
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Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK
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