Obesity and osteoporosis are major global health problems with an increasing prevalence and high impact on mortality and morbidity. Even though previous several data indicate that high body weight and BMI are protective factors against osteoporosis, an increasing number of evidence show confl icting results regarding this issue, suggesting that obesity might actually interfere with bone health. Thus, a specifi c and careful characterization of skeletal metabolism and further studies evaluating skeleton modifi cations might be useful in obese subjects.
Obesity and osteoporosis / Greco, Ea; Donini, Lorenzo Maria; Lenzi, Andrea; Migliaccio, Silvia. - STAMPA. - (2014), pp. 83-88. [10.1007/978-3-319-09045-0_8].
Obesity and osteoporosis
DONINI, Lorenzo Maria;LENZI, Andrea;MIGLIACCIO, SILVIA
2014
Abstract
Obesity and osteoporosis are major global health problems with an increasing prevalence and high impact on mortality and morbidity. Even though previous several data indicate that high body weight and BMI are protective factors against osteoporosis, an increasing number of evidence show confl icting results regarding this issue, suggesting that obesity might actually interfere with bone health. Thus, a specifi c and careful characterization of skeletal metabolism and further studies evaluating skeleton modifi cations might be useful in obese subjects.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
