Bone Abstracts

Background: The mineral content of the skeleton in children may be estimated by a number of methods including DXA-scanning, ultrasound, pQCT-scanning and from plain radiographs. Recently, a new method offering an estimating of the bone mineral content in children based on computerised assessment from hand radiographs has been introduced. The new measure is named bone health index (BHI) and expresses the mineral content in the metacarpal bones divided by the volume of the same ...

Adiposity, physical inactivity and sedentary behavior have become an increasing problem during the past decade and raise concerns about future health. Increased sedentary behavior may change the body composition by increasing the fat mass (FM) relative to the lean mass (LM). These changes may influence bone health. This study aimed at evaluating the influence of BMI and body fat percent (BF%) and LM on children’s bone health represented by bone mineral content (BMC), bone...