Healthy fat intake may reduce osteoporosis risk, reveals research team

Women should regulate the amount of fat in their diets to minimise their risk of osteoporosis, claims new research published in Osteoporosis International.
Experts looked at the impact of dietary fat on bone mineral density in 7,192 people from South Korea. The volunteers were split into groups depending on how much fat they ate.
They found that bone mineral density was higher in men and women with a medium fat energy intake compared to those with either a low or high-fat energy intake. After taking into account body fat percentage and lean body mass, the results were still valid, especially in women.
“Our study showed that low as well as high-fat diet was associated with the risk of osteoporosis,” the researchers say.

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