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World Osteoporosis Day: What you must eat to keep your bones healthy

With World Osteoporosis Day on October 20, a much-needed focus and attention is required to inform the masses about the disease and its prevention

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Maninder Shah Singh
Adequate and healthy diet plays a crucial role in strengthening the human skeletal system. India is home to over 190 million undernourished people, while only next to China in number of obese people. This state of diet and nutrition is a perfect scenario for high incidences of osteoporosis.
 
With World Osteoporosis Day on October 20, a much-needed focus and attention is required to inform the masses about the disease and its prevention.
 
Osteoporosis, which means porous bones, is a disease that, at times, is confused with osteoarthritis. The two are very different.
 
Osteoarthritis is caused by the

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