Promote peak bone mass to cut later losses.(Clinical Rounds)

MIAMI BEACH -- Pediatricians should forward peak bone mass in patients to interrupt deleterious effects decades later, Ana L Paredes, MD said at a pediatric update sponsored through Miami Children's Hospital.
individual major adverse effect of lower bone density is osteoporosis, which the National Institute of Child Health and Human disclosure calls "a pediatric preventable disease."
Dr Paredes said, "The take-home message is that as pediatricians--under our watch--there is exhibition of significant bone density."
Peak bone mass is achieved shortly