Habits That Harm Bone Strength In Girls

• A very high level of athletic training in adolescent girls rob their bodies of the fat they need to produce and store estrogen.
• Highly trained teenage athletes and ballet dancers, who often have menstrual irregularities, may be at increased risk for developing early, severe osteoporosis.
• Anorectic girls who starve themselves in order to get rid of the normal subcutaneous layer of fat are at high risk.