Obesity ‘may pose osteoporosis risk’

Obesity ‘may pose osteoporosis risk’

Obesity may be a risk factor for the frail bone disease osteoporosis, a study suggests.

US researchers have discovered that some people who are overweight have hidden fat inside their bones that could make them weak and prone to fractures.

The findings are published in the journal Radiology.

The scans reveal some people carry fat in hidden places like the liver, muscles and bone marrow as well as their belly, hips or thighs.

Dr Miriam Bredella, who carried out the work, says apple-shaped people who carry weight around their waist may be at greatest risk.

Given that none of us can choose where we put on weight, the only answer is to stay slim, say the researchers.

The condition is normally associated with being slight of frame and frail.

Bone marrow fat has been found in higher-than-normal levels in people who have osteoporosis.

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