Weight and Bone Mineral Density: The Summary of Epidemiological Evidence.

Park, Hyun Ah; Kim, Hye Jin; Kim, Tae Jun; Park, Jin Joo; Park, Jin Kyun

doi:2009.30.3.167

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Korean Journal of Family Medicine 2009;30(3):167-174.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2009.30.3.167 Published online March 20, 2009.

Weight and Bone Mineral Density: The Summary of Epidemiological Evidence.

Hyun Ah Park, Hye Jin Kim, Tae Jun Kim, Jin Joo Park, Jin Kyun Park

¹Department of Family Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. parkhyunah@hanafos.com
²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Miz-Medi Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA.

체중과 골밀도 -역학적 근거의 정리-

박현아, 김혜진, 김태준, 박진주, 박진균

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Abstract

Not only bone mineral density (BMD) is strongly associated with body weight, but also weight change infl uences BMD change. The weight change related bone change is more marked in women especially after menopause, in the elderly, in the underweight and in persons who have the history of weight cycling. Because of the health impacts of obesity, weight reduction has been often recommended in practices. Therefore various intervention methods have been tried to reduce the weight change related bone change such as hormone therapy, raloxifene, exercise, and calcium supplementation. This review summarizes the epidemiological evidences of the weight change related bone change and the associated factors.

Key Words: Bone; Bone Mineral Density; Fat Mass; Lean mass; Weight