Bone Health Masterclass: Adults, Children, Osteoporosis, Osteopenia & Why Your Childhood Lifestyle is Crucial for Bone Health. Prof Belinda Beck PhD.

Your bones are the pillars of what it means to be “strong for life”, and there are few things are as important for health span and longevity as the strength of our bodies to be functional in our latter years. It is assumed that it’s the likes of cancer and heart attacks at the centre of premature death, but falling down and breaking our bones is right up there as a leading cause of death in those over 60, with 20% of hip fractures leading to death within one year of injury. That’s why it’s time to start lifting heavy, building your bone bank and getting strong for life.

Belinda Beck is a Professor in the School of Health Sciences & Social Work and member of the Menzies Health Institute Queensland at Griffith University where she has taught musculoskeletal anatomy and conducted bone research for over 20 years. Belinda graduated from The University of Queensland with a degree in Human Movement Studies and from the University of Oregon with a Master of Science and a PhD. She completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in the Stanford University School of Medicine. Her work, primarily related to the effects of mechanical loading on bone. She has published over 100 scientific papers, and presented almost 200 abstracts at conferences and symposia globally. Most recently Belinda, with her Griffith colleagues, published the results of the LIFTMOR, LIFTMOR-M and MEDEX-OP clinical trials which re-established the benchmark of exercise as therapy for osteoporosis and low bone mass. Belinda established The Bone Clinic Pty Ltd in 2015 to roll out this groundbreaking program of research as ONERO.

Join us as we explore:

• Osteoporosis - the state of it, how it manifests itself, how to prevent it and the #1 killer of bone health.
• Osteopenia vs osteoporosis? 
• The silver tsunami, t-scores and z scores, BMD scores and building your “bone bank” - when, how and why?
• The king of all exercises for bone health and what it means to be “strong for life”.
• Is building bone as effective with medication as natural methods? And the top 3 most damaging pharmaceuticals on bone health.
• Vitamin D and the other most important vitamins and minerals for bone health.

Contact:
 Website: https://theboneclinic.com.au/our_team/prof-belinda-beck/

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Study - Belinda Beck’s publications, https://theboneclinic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Prof-Belinda-Beck_PUBS_070822.pdf