Men football to strong bones

In October the sports medicine and science journal study found, whether professional or amateur footballers, playing football can significantly enhance their bone mass and density, reduce osteoporosis and fracture incidence.

Before the arrival of puberty began playing soccer boy leg bones adulthood and the quality of the spine than boys do not love activities.

Researcher compares the 33 football enthusiasts and 19 not love exercise of bone mineral content (BMC) and bone mineral density (BMD), their average age is 23 years old, average weight 73 kg diet calcium intake.

They found that football enthusiasts in bone mineral content 13% higher, key bones such as spine and neck bone mineral content and density are higher quality than the body muscles do not exercise to weight 8%, fat quality of overall weight, but they each day, more than 27% of caloric intake.

Researchers believe that football campaign includes running, jumping in and play the kick, motion in mechanical pressure can increase the leg bones and spine.

Human neck bone mineral density is as people get older and less, so older people more prone to fracture. The findings imply that his passion for football people there will be fewer fractures. In addition, weekly 2 ~ 3 times do 30 ~ 60 minutes of weight-bearing exercise such as running, weightlifting, similarly you can maintain or even increase bone mass.

(Practice editing: Lee Hin)