Exercise enhances bone health in children

Increasing the amount of physical activity that children get in school increases the health of their bones and might be one way of preventing hip and other fractures in adulthood, according to the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 2010 Annual Meeting. Children who received 200 minutes per week of physical education at school showed significant increases in bone mass and improvement in bone structure, compared with children who received 60 minutes per week, and the increased intensity of exercise was not associated with more fractures.