Bone Abstracts

Periods of growth are thought to be the best time to improve bone health through increased loading due to the high rates of bone modeling and remodeling. Although numerous observational studies find higher aBMD and greater bone size in physically active children than sedentary children, this may be a result of confounding and publication bias. Randomized trials are the gold standard in determining causality. A meta-analysis of 22 pediatric exercise trials was conducted using M...

Biographical DetailsBonny SpeckerDr Bonny Specker is currently Director and Chair of the E.A. Martin Program in Human Nutrition at South Dakota State University. Prior to moving to SDSU in 1997, she was at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center where she received her PhD in Epidemiology and spent 15 years...

Objective: The use of high-impact weight bearing physical activities has been accepted as a means to increase osteogenic effects on bone. Studies in adolescents found that physical activity could counteract the detrimental effects on bone associated with television time in boys and time spent studying in girls. Our aim was to test the effects of the percent of time spent in moderate plus vigorous activities (ModVig) and sitting (SIT) on bone health. We hypothesized that high M...