'Bones don't really get boost from exercise'

25 July 2016 - 09:41

By Staff reporter

Gurus say exercise prevents weak bones, but there is no research to back that.

The idea that exercise boosts bone density is believed to come from the fact that bedridden people and astronauts lose bone mass.But a decade of research, which included using DEXA machines that measure bone density with X-rays, has only found a minuscule exercise effect.

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