Increased yogurt consumption is associated with a higher hip bone density and a significantly reduced risk of osteoporosis in older men and women researchers say. Osteoporosis is a chronic condition associated with a reduction in bone strength and an increased risk of bone fracture. The study showed that each unit increase in yogurt intake in women was associated with a 31 per cent lower risk of osteopenia -- a condition that occurs when the body does not make new bone -- and a 39 per cent lower risk of osteoporosis. Conversely in men intake of yogurt led to a 52 per cent lower
