Prevalence of osteoporosis and associated factors among people aged 50 years and older in the Madhesh province of Nepal: a community-based cross-sectional study.
Narendra Kumar ChaudharyDev Ram SunuwarManish Raj SapkotaSuman PantMary PradhanKailash Kumar BhandariPublished in: Journal of health, population, and nutrition (2024)
This study revealed a high prevalence of osteoporosis among people aged 50 years and older due to the combined effect of being underweight and having inadequate calcium intake. Nutritional counselling services encourage people to consume sufficient calcium-rich food and adopt an appropriate lifestyle behaviours to maintain healthy body weight so that osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures could be prevented. Further research can explore the impact of socioeconomic status and medical comorbidities on a large scale.