‘It is important for men to be aware that excess belly fat is not only a risk factor for heart disease and diabetes it is also a risk factor for bone loss’ said Miriam Bredella radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and associate professor at Harvard Medical School Boston. More than 37 million American men alone over 20 years are obese according to official statistics. Obesity is tied to cardiovascular diseases diabetes high cholesterol asthma sleep apnoea and joint diseases. Yet it was commonly accepted that men with increased body weight were at lower risk for bone loss. ‘Most studies on osteoporosis have
