• Home
  • Advertise With Us
  • Login

KC Our Health Matters

Black Men Speak: Health, Strength and Hope
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Awards & Events
    • Advertise With Us
  • Our Departments
    • Community
    • Cover Story
    • Food & Fitness
    • Online Articles
    • Health
    • Publisher’s Greeting
    • Videos
  • Digital Magazine
    • Digital Magazine
    • Caregivers Resource Guide
  • Subscription
  • Vaccination Update
    • COVID-19
  • Contact Us
You are at :Home»Food & Fitness»Diet and Exercise: What Children Need for Healthy Bones
Kids Bone Health

Diet and Exercise: What Children Need for Healthy Bones

Food & Fitness

Good habits now contribute to long-term health.

By OHM staff

Childhood is a critical time for developing strong, healthy bones. A balance between exercise, healthy diet, and adequate levels of calcium and vitamin D go a long way to build the kind of strong bones kids need later in life to help fight against osteoporosis.

Healthy foods

Foods that are great for building strong bones include: milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, mozzarella, tofu, orange juice, and salmon. Plants high in bone-protective antioxidants such as kale, broccoli, and parsley will also help create healthy bones during childhood.

Developing dietary habits that support bone health should start at an early age. Instilling healthy lifestyle habits in young children early can help.

Exercise

If you want strong bones, you must use them. Bones grow in both size and strength during childhood, and one major contributor to bone development is exercise. Children should have at least 35 to 60 minutes of exercise each day. The bone mass gained through physical activity during childhood helps determine how healthy bones will be throughout life.

Weight-bearing exercise is the best type of exercise for growing bones. Bone is living tissue, and weight-bearing activity causes bones to build more cells and become strong.

Bone constantly re-forms due to everyday stress placed upon it, and physical activities work bones and muscles against gravity.

Exercises to help strengthen kids’ bone health include:

  • walking • tennis
  • running • volleyball
  • hiking • ice hockey/field hockey
  • dancing • skiing
  • soccer • skateboarding
  • gymnastics • in-line skating
  • basketball • lifting weights
  • jump rope • aerobics

Questions? Talk to your child’s pediatrician or medical provider to discuss the physical fitness and sports activities that work best for them.

Source:  The Center, thecenteroregon.com

2022-10-11
kcourhealthmatters
linkedin Facebook Instagram Twitter Pinterest Stumble More
Previous Article :

Bone and Joint Disorders Affect People of All Ages

Next Article :

Aging Changes Our Bones

Related Articles

Oven Roasted Cauliflower Recipe

Oven Roasted Cauliflower Recipe

kcourhealthmatters 20 Apr 2017
The Martinez Family Focuses on Health

The Martinez Family Focuses on Health

kcourhealthmatters 03 Jul 2017
You’ve Heard of Pilates, But Is it Right for You?

You’ve Heard of Pilates, But Is it Right for You?

kcourhealthmatters 05 Jul 2017

Vaccine Updates

Sheffield Place

Mother’s Refuge

Hope Haven of Cass County

Benilde Hall

Popular Articles

Who Cares for the Caregiver?
Health

Who Cares for the Caregiver?

kcourhealthmatters 10 Nov 2017
health matters
Cover Story

The Importance of Regular Eye Exams

kcourhealthmatters 12 Sep 2017
Achieving Goals
Health

Jobs, Education, and Training Support Healthier Lives

kcourhealthmatters 20 Apr 2017
Are Pilates Right for you
Food & Fitness

You’ve Heard of Pilates, But Is it Right for You?

kcourhealthmatters 05 Jul 2017
Five Ways to Make Getting Healthy a Family Affair
Health

Five Ways to Make Getting Healthy a Family Affair

kcourhealthmatters 05 Jul 2017
  • Community
  • Food & Fitness
  • Health
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap

KC Our Health Matters
Since Our Health Matters™ launched in 2005, we have provided readers with insight into how to live healthier lives.

Recent Posts

  • Black Men Speak: Health, Strength and Hope

    Black Men Speak: Health, Strength and Hope

    18 Nov 2022
  • GET THE FACTS ABOUT LONG-TERM & SHORT-TERM SKILLED CARE

    GET THE FACTS ABOUT LONG-TERM & SHORT-TERM SKILLED CARE

    11 Oct 2022
  • Aging Changes Our Bones

    Aging Changes Our Bones

    11 Oct 2022

Subscribe Now

    Copyright 2021, All Rights Reserved - KC Our Health Matters