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Bone-building exercise

Exercise plays an important role in maintaining bone calcium and strength as people age. Studies show that exercises requiring muscles to pull on bones (resistance exercise) cause the bones to retain and possibly gain calcium (density).

Reviewed last on: 8/4/2008
Elizabeth H. Holt, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Yale University. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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