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Although cases of osteoporosis have increased, weight-bearing exercise can help, writes Giles Warrington

THERE HAS been a dramatic increase in the incidence of osteoporosis (thinning bone disease) and the related high occurrence of fractures in recent years. It is estimated that the proportion of the Irish population over 65 years of age will rise significantly and, as a consequence, the incidence of osteoporosis will dramatically increase in the future.