Reliable Osteoporosis and Bone Health Resources
This list of websites and other resources will be helpful as you learn how to live a healthy life and possibly
prevent and/or treat osteoporosis. Please note that not all resources you find on the Internet, popular media
outlets, libraries, and in book stores are reliable. Some may be misleading and fail to provide you with
research-based information. The websites we’re providing are reliable, research-based sources of information.
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The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) www.nof.org/home
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Online English/Spanish reliable resources from government agencies
o Mayo Clinic, Osteoporosis http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/osteoporosis/DS00128
o NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center (800-624-2663)
http://www.niams.nih.gov/health_info/bone/osteoporosis/
o National Women's Health Information Center Resource http://womenshealth.gov/publications/ourpublications/fact-sheet/osteoporosis.cfm
o Tufts Medical Center, Osteoporosis
http://www.tufts-nemc.org/apps/healthgate/article.aspx?chunkiid=11641
o United States Department of Agriculture, USDA Food and Nutrition Center, Nutrition and Health Issues,
2008 http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/food/food.cfm
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Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service – Family & Consumer Sciences Resources http://fcs.tamu.edu/
o Food/Nutrition for Special Medical Conditions – Invest in Your Bones Series
http://fcs.tamu.edu/food_and_nutrition/invest_in_your_bones.php
o Mick’s Picks – Osteoporosis and Bone Health
http://fcs.tamu.edu/food_and_nutrition/micks-picks/osteoporosis.php
o HealthHints - Osteoporosis Part 1 http://fcs.tamu.edu/health/healthhints/2010/sep/ref.php
o HealthHints – Osteoporosis Part 2 http://fcs.tamu.edu/health/healthhints/2010/oct/osteoporosispart2.pdf
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Check Up On Your Bones, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National
Institutes of Health Online Osteoporosis Risk Assessment
http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Bone/Optool/index.asp
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The Bone Health and Osteoporosis Outreach Tool Kit
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/bonehealth/SurgeonGeneralOutreachKit_LowRes.pdf
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USDA, Osteoporosis
http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=4&tax_level=2&tax_subject=278&topic_id=13
85
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USDA, Nutrition and Health Issues,
http://riley.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=11&tax_level=2&tax_subject=392&topic_id=
1750&placement_default=0
Prepared by Mary Kinney Bielamowicz, Ph.D., R.D., L.D., Regents Fellow, Professor and Extension Nutrition Specialist,
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M System, 2012.
Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or national origin.
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