WHAT IS
OSTEOPOROSIS?

Osteoporosis is a loss of bone density and weakened bone structure, leading to an increased risk of fracture. As you age, you lose more bone than you gain. This can develop into osteoporosis.1

In the first 5-7 years after menopause, women can lose up to 20% of their bone mass, leaving them at risk for fracture. Don't let a bone break the life you love.2

Bone without Osteoporosis

Bone with Osteoporosis

Images reproduced with permission from David W. Demptser, PhD, 1986.

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What is the pledge?

By making the pledge to talk to your doctor about a bone health plan, you are making a personal commitment to take charge of your health and better understand your risks for osteoporosis.

This pledge is entirely voluntary and will represent your desire to be more active about discussing important health issues with your doctor, in particular with regard to your bones.

Care for your bones like you care
for your breasts.

Breast cancer screening is a part of every woman's annual check-up.

Breast health is a top priority. Bone health should be too.

THE STATISTICS

Risk of fracture or break

1 in 2 women in the U.S. over 50 will experience a bone break due to osteoporosis.3

Hospitialization

In the U.S., bone breaks due to osteoporosis send more women over 55 to the hospital than heart attacks, strokes, or breast cancer.4

If you are a postmenopausal woman 50 years of age or over, ask your doctor about a bone density scan.5

Select Risk Factors for Osteoporosis6-9,*

Your doctor can evaluate your risk by ordering a bone density scan
and considering several risk factors.

Risk Factors You Can Change

PHYSICAL INACTIVITY

LOW CALCIUM INTAKE

VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY

Smoking

Risk Factors You Cannot Change

POSTMENOPAUSAL

PARENTAL history
of Hip fracture

LOW BODY WEIGHT

BEING OVER AGE 65

Don’t let a bone break the life you love.

Talk to your doctor about a bone health plan, and ask for a bone density scan.

I PLEDGE TO TALK TO MY DOCTOR ABOUT TAKING CARE
OF MY BONES AND GETTING A BONE DENSITY SCAN

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References: 1. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH). Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center. Osteoporosis overview. www.bones.nih.gov/health-info/bone/osteoporosis/overview. Accessed September 16, 2019. 2. National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF). What women need to know. www.nof.org/preventing-fractures/general-facts/what-women-need-to-know/. Accessed September 16, 2019. 3. National Osteoporosis Foundation. What is Osteoporosis and What Causes It? Available at: www.nof.org/patients/what-is-osteoporosis. Accessed March 20, 2018. 4. Singer A, Exuzides A, Spangler L, et al. Burden of Illness for Osteoporotic Fractures Compared With Other Serious Diseases Among Postmenopausal Women in the United States. Mayo Clin Proc. 2015;91(1):53-62. 5. National Osteoporosis Foundation. Bone Density Exam/Testing. https://www.nof.org/patients/diagnosis-information/bone-density-examtesting/. Accessed October 11, 2019. 6. Cosman F, de Beur SJ, LeBoff MS, et al. The clinician's guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Osteoporos Int. 2014;25:(10)2359-2381. 7. Camacho PM, Petak SM, Binkley N, et al. American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Endocrinology Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis—2016. Endocr Pract. 2016;22(Suppl 4):1-42. 8. Kanis JA. Diagnosis of osteoporosis and assessment of fracture risk. Lancet. 2002;359:1929-36. 9. Kanis JA, Borgstrom F, De laet C, et al. Assessment of fracture risk. Osteoporos Int. 2005;16(6):581-589.