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. 2024 Jan 12;16(1):e52150.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.52150. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Lifestyle Factors and Health Awareness for Improving Bone Density Acquisition in Adolescent Girls: A Pilot Study With Secondary Data

Kazue Yoshihara  1 , Hiromi Kawasaki  1 , Zhengai Cui  2 , Sae Nakaoka  1
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Lifestyle Factors and Health Awareness for Improving Bone Density Acquisition in Adolescent Girls: A Pilot Study With Secondary Data

Kazue Yoshihara et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Objectives: Adolescent girls are in an important life stage of peak bone mass (PBM) acquisition. We aimed to examine the provision of health guidance for female high school students and elucidate the factors that can increase bone density.

Design: A quantitative, cross-sectional analysis was used in conducting the study.

Sample: Sixty Japanese female first-year high school students comprised the study sample.

Measurements: We included secondary data from a bone mineral density survey conducted among female high school students in August 2016 and analyzed in 2023.

Results: Thirty participants each (age, mean±SD, 15.80±0.45 years) were assigned to the high and low bone stiffness groups. The high bone stiffness group had higher health awareness, better lifestyle habits, and higher club activity-related stress than the low bone stiffness group.

Conclusions: Lifestyle factors and health awareness improved bone density in adolescent girls. Items related to exercise were particularly important for improving bone density. Eating habits and health awareness also affected bone density. Adolescent women should recognize that adolescence is a critical period for lifelong health, a period with few opportunities to develop health awareness. Acquiring appropriate lifestyle habits during adolescence can help prevent bone density loss.

Keywords: adolescent; bone density; exercise; feeding behavior; lifestyle; stiffness.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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