Your Lifestyle May Matter as Much as Your Genes for Bone Health
Graded Moderate — exposome-wide analysis of 477,792 UK Biobank adults validated in a Scotland/Wales subset, yet observational and drawn from a single biobank population.
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This study suggests improving lifestyle habits may lower bone disease risk even if your genes are unfavorable.
Researchers built a bone risk score based only on lifestyle and environment, things like sleep, diet, stress, and money worries. In a huge UK group, this score predicted osteoporosis about as well as a genetic risk score. The encouraging part: fixing unhealthy habits cut the risk even for people with bad bone genes.
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