Outwitting Osteoporosis: The Smart Woman's Guide to Bone Health

by Ronda Gates and Beverly Whipple

Book Overview

Women of all ages need to be concerned about osteoporosis. Thirty-three million American women have the disease, and one out of every two women over the age of fifty will experience an osteoporosis-based fracture. Fortunately, there are important steps that women can take to ensure healthy bones throughout their lifetime. Pharmacist-trained Ronda Gates and nurse/researcher Beverly Whipple pool their talents to bring women the most up-to-date information, statistics, and treatment options to help them keep their bones strong.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1582700990
• ISBN13: 9781582700991
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Advice on what to do for aging bones

Younger women's lifestyles and habits can affect the bones they will have in the future: that's the message of Outwitting Osteoporosis, a book which reveals the latest information on osteoporosis and how it effects both men and women. From uncontrollable and controllable risk factors to advice on what to do for aging bones, Outwitting Osteoporosis urges early prevention and understanding of the factors influencing the disease's spread.

An excellent, indispensable resource!

This superb book offers a practical, helpful and comprehensive resource for women of all ages. The authors offer straightforward, up-to-date advice for prevention, assessment and treatment of osteoporosis. This treasure trove covers everything from risk factors to exercise, nutrition, calcium supplements and their impact on bone health, to recent controversies over hormone replacement therapy. The sections on Sexual Health, Osteoporosis in Men and Questions to Ask Your Doctor are excellent. Gates and Whipple make it clear that it is never too late and also never too early to take charge of one's own health. Outwitting Osteoporosis is indispensable for anyone seeking to insure a strong, active future.

No wonder they're raving about this book! by "John K."

If you read Consumer Reports magazine you're familiar with the clear, understandable, truly helpful information and style. OUTWITTING OSTEOPOROSIS is even better! The book was urged on me by an enthusiastic woman friend (I'm a guy) who is also a women's health professional and teacher. I read the whole book -- not only because it was so interesting, but so well organized and well written. You will quickly find your appreciation and gratitude soaring for the bones that literally support all the rest of your body. And as you learn more, your appreciation increases! I've never read a book that does that, nor one that GIVES so much! Osteoporosis is a stealthy, mean disease. Our ignorance allows it to severely ruin our lives (yes, certainly including men) and those of other people we care about. Well, it's not going to ruin mine! It will probably SAVE mine! And for that I'm even more appreciative and grateful to the authors -- and to the friend who urged me to read it. Thank you all!

Every woman should read this book!

I'm getting close to 50, and my daughter just turned 20, and we BOTH benefit from the kind of helpful, preventive and life-saving information in this book. The authors have done a great job educating women about bone health -- a topic not many of us talk about with any frequency OR authority, but we should. I remember a grandmother with a broken hip, and how a simple fall set in motion a series of events that robbed her of the last years of her life. Women don't have to suffer any more, and they can start now -- no matter what age -- with the kind of information in "Outwitting Osteoporosis." Thanks, Ronda and Beverly, for your contributions to women!

This book saved my life!

Wow! This book worked miracles on me and my health. When the doctor told me I had osteoporosis, I didn't know what to do. He was barely any help. So I went to my local bookstore and picked up this book. Let me use 4 words to describe it: It saved my life. It gave me such helpful hints like "be careful not to fall down" and such. I totally reccomend this book! I couldn't put it down.