Obesity and fracture in men and women: A
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Carrie M Nielson; Priya Srikanth; Eric S Orwoll
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Article
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2011
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American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
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English
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## Abstract In Western societies, mean body weight has increased dramatically in older people, and a similar trend exists in Asia. Yet insufficient attention has been directed to the problem of osteoporotic fractures in the overweight and obese. Many, if not most, osteoporotic fractures occur in ov