{"id":2331,"date":"2013-12-18T18:39:05","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T18:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medclinicsllc.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/18\/obesity-may-disturb-bone-growth-during-teen-years\/"},"modified":"2013-12-18T18:39:05","modified_gmt":"2013-12-18T18:39:05","slug":"obesity-may-disturb-bone-growth-during-teen-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuff2host.com\/index.php\/2013\/12\/18\/obesity-may-disturb-bone-growth-during-teen-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Obesity may disturb bone growth during teen years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Shereen Jegtvig NEW YORK (Reuters Health) &#8211; Obese teens might not develop sufficient bone mass relative to their body weight, according to a new study from Brazil. Bone mineral acquisition &#8220;rises exponentially in both genders&#8221; during the growth spurt following puberty, the researchers write in the journal Nutrition. Previous studies examining whether obesity interferes with bone development have shown conflicting results &#8211; some indicate bone density is fine when compared just to the adolescent&#8217;s lean mass (muscle). But others have suggested bone density doesn&#8217;t increase enough during this important period to support the heavier weight of obese teens, potentially putting them at increased risk for bone fractures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Shereen Jegtvig NEW YORK (Reuters Health) &#8211; Obese teens might not develop sufficient bone mass relative to their body weight, according to a new study from Brazil. Bone mineral acquisition &#8220;rises exponentially in both genders&#8221; during the growth spurt following puberty, the researchers write in the journal Nutrition. Previous studies examining whether obesity interferes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,33,67,80,81,82,85],"class_list":["post-2331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weight-management","tag-diet","tag-hcg","tag-phentermine","tag-weight","tag-weight-clinic","tag-weight-loss","tag-weight-managenemt"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuff2host.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuff2host.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuff2host.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuff2host.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuff2host.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuff2host.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuff2host.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuff2host.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuff2host.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}