Built to Last-Protecting Bone Health

Maintaining strong and healthy bones is a crucial aspect of overall wellness, particularly as we age. In this episode of the 9 to 5 Wellness Podcast, host Aesha Tahir sat down with Dr. Renee Fogelberg, an expert in women’s health, to discuss the importance of bone health throughout life, especially for women entering midlife and beyond. Here, we distill their conversation into actionable advice, so you can take steps toward better bone health today.

Some of the things you will learn in this epsiode are:

• 🦴 1 in 2 women may face a bone fragility fracture—How to change that!
• 🩺 Why talking to your healthcare provider is important?
• 🥛 Nutrition is key: Are you getting enough calcium and vitamin D?
• 👟 Why your weight matters in maintaining bone density.
• 💪 The truth about hormone therapy and bone protection.
• 🏠 Home safety tips that reduce fall risk and protect your health.
• 📊 Learn how a DEXA scan can be a game changer for early detection.

Understanding the importance of bone health becomes vital as we age, particularly for women nearing menopause. Dr. Renee Fogelberg emphasizes that bone health should not be considered an issue only for the elderly. It’s a silent health crisis often ignored until significant damage occurs. 

In this epsiode we're exploring the major challenges surrounding bone health and talking about practical tips that you can implement readily to improve your bone health.

⏱️⩇⩇:⩇⩇ Time Markers

00:00 Bone Health Overview

01:40 Meet Dr Renee Fogelberg

03:49 Her Osteopenia Wake Up Call

06:19 Silent Bone Loss Signs

09:05 Perimenopause Estrogen Drop

11:00 Risk Factors Weight Ethnicity

16:01 Genetics and Family History

17:06 Nutrition and Medications

25:53 DEXA and FRAX Screening

30:38 FRAX vs Spine Scores

31:33 T Scores Explained

32:43 Why Hip Fractures Matter

33:55 Spine Loss Prevention

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🎙️🎙️🎙️About Our Guest

Dr. Renee Fogelberg grew up in San Francisco completing her training and professional career at Kaiser Permanente for over 26 years. She was the Chair of Patient Education with a focus on online resources, educational tools and classes to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes. Dr Fogelberg is both Board certified in obesity medicine, and a menopause certified practitioner treating women during their perimenopause and menopause transitions, enhancing their quality of life through lifestyle medicine and medical therapy. She is AssociateClinical Professor at California NorthState Medical College. Her passion is her children/family, cooking, traveling and she volunteers with the San Francisco Bouquet to Arts Auxiliary group.

You can learn more about her:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/renee-fogelberg-md-facog-dipl-abom-6abb83286/

🔬🧪👩‍🔬Research Studies Referenced

Bone Health- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7485021/

Peak bone mass in young women- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7639106/

Effects of Resistance Exercise on Bone Health- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6279907/

Correlation of Muscle Mass and Bone Mineral Density - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9524880/

📚📖Books on the Topic

Great Bones: Taking Control of Your Osteoporosis

The Osteoporosis Breakthrough

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