Exercise plays an important role in maintaining bone calcium and
strength as people age. Studies show that exercises requiring
muscles to pull on bones (resistance exercise) cause the bones to
retain and possibly gain calcium (density).
Review Date: 12/22/2010
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.
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