It is already known that the amount of muscle in the body is related to bone growth. However these new findings show that fat mass is also important for the building of bones, particularly in girls.
The findings come from the ‘Children of the 90s’ project, an ongoing health research project being carried out by the University of Bristol. More than 14,000 pregnant women enrolled in the study in the early 1990s and the health and development of their children has been followed in detail ever since.
Over 4,000 young people aged 15 took part in this latest study. Sophisticated scanning techniques calculated the shape and density of their bones, as well as how much body fat they had.
By Deborah Condon Copyright © 2010
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