IMPROVE
BONE
STRENGTH.
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BONE FACTS #1
BONE FACTS #1
• There are 206 bones in the body
• It takes an average of 12 weeks to heal a broken bone
• 245 million individuals worldwide are affected by osteoporosis and low bone density
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WHAT MAKES BONES GROW
WHAT MAKES BONES GROW
As long as growth plates (at the end of long bones in your arms and legs) stay open, you grow. The plates close in the late teens for boys and within 2 years of starting periods for girls.
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LONGEST
LONGEST
The femur, or thighbone, is the longest and strongest bone of the human skeleton.
SMALLEST
The stapes, in the middle ear, is the smallest and lightest bone of the human skeleton
