What you can change!
These are modifiable risk factors
which primarily arise because of
diet or lifestyle choices.
15.Do you regularly drink alcohol in
excess of safe drinking
limits (more than 2 units a day)?
A unit of alcohol is equivalent to
10 ml (or approximately
8 grams) of pure ethanol, the active
chemical ingredient
in alcoholic beverages. Excessive
alcohol consumption
increases the risk of osteoporosis
and fractures.
One unit of beer or cider (4%
alcohol) is 250 ml/8.75 oz.
One unit of wine (12.5% alcohol) is
80 ml/2.80 oz.
One unit of spirits (40% alcohol) is
25 ml/0.88 oz.
16.Do you currently, or have you
ever, smoked cigarettes?
17.Is your daily level of physical
activity less than 30
minutes per day (housework,
gardening, walking,
running etc.)?
18. Do you avoid, or are you
allergic to milk or dairy
products, without taking any calcium
supplements?
19.Do you spend less than 10 minutes
per day outdoors
(with part of your body exposed to
sunlight), without
taking vitamin D supplements?
Note: See previous blog post: Non-modifiable Risk Factors
for Osteoporosis
Understanding Your Answers:
If you answered “yes” to any of these
questions (1 -19) it does not
mean that you have osteoporosis.
Positive answers simply
mean that you have clinically-proven
risk factors which may
lead to osteoporosis and fractures.
Please show this risk test to your
doctor who may encourage
you to take a FRAX® risk assessment (available at
www.shef.ac.uk/FRAX/) and/or have a
bone mineral density
(BMD) test. In addition your doctor
will advise on what
treatment, if any, is recommended.
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