Excess body weight due to obesity has traditionally been considered to have a positive
effect on bone; however, more recent findings suggest that bone quality is compromised …

In Western societies, mean body weight has increased dramatically in older people, and a
similar trend exists in Asia. Yet insufficient attention has been directed to the problem of …

OBJECTIVE: Adequate vitamin D is essential for skeletal health in developing children.
Although excess body weight is associated with risk of vitamin D deficiency, the national …

With the rise in obesity worldwide, an important debate has developed as to whether excess
fat has a detrimental or protective effect on skeletal health in children and adults. Obese …

Osteoporosis and obesity are both major public health concerns. It has long been
considered that these are distinct disorders rarely found in the same individual; however …

Background Children and adolescents are at high risk of sustaining fractures during growth.
Therefore, epidemiological assessment is crucial for fracture prevention. The AO …

Background Structured exergaming with prescribed moderate intensity physical activity has
reduced adiposity among adolescents. The extent to which adolescents reduce adiposity …

Clinical evidence indicates that fat is inversely proportional to bone mass in elderly obese
women. However, it remains unclear whether obesity accelerates bone loss. In this report …

Obesity is a severe health problem in children, afflicting several organ systems including
bone. However, the role of obesity on bone homeostasis and bone cell function in children …

While there has been significant progress in determining the transcriptional cascade
involved in terminal adipocyte differentiation, less is known about early events leading to …