Women'S Bone Health And Nutrition Throughout The Lifespan

The importance of lifestyle and diet on peak bone mass from conception to late adulthood

What you'll learn

The basics of bone development

The importance of peak bone mass and how to optimize it

The importance of calcium, vitamin D and estrogen in maintaining strong bones

The role of bone health through all stages of a woman's development

Requirements

There are no prerequisites. Some basic medical terminology is helpful.

Description

This course covers the effects of diet and lifestyle on bone health from conception to late adulthood.  This course is organized into 6 Modules that correspond to important stages of development in a woman's life and offers nutrition and lifestyle habits to adopt to promote healthy bones throughout these stages. Also covered are common bone disorders that may present as a result of nutritional  deficiences in the developmental stages.  At the end of this course the learner should be confident in being able to name key nutrients for bone health, identify areas of improvement in diet and lifestyle to maintain peak bone mass and prevention strategies for common bone disorders. Module 1-The BasicsKey Concepts: The importance of bone health from conception, introduction to the musculoskeletal system, nutrition basicsModule 2-Beginning Womanhood: The Early YearsKey Concepts: bone development, infant and early childhood nutritional requirements for healhty bones, bone disorders in infancy and childhoodModule 3-Young Womanhood: The Menstruating YearsKey Concepts: menarche, hormones and bone health, importance of healthy diet and lifestyle habits, introduction to peak bonemass Module 4-Peak Womanhood: The Childbearing YearsKey Concepts: nutritional requirements during pregnancy and lactation, peak bone mass, challenges of hormones, parity, age at pregnancy on bone health Module 5-Mature Womanhood: The Perimenopausal YearsKey Concepts: perimenopause symptoms, maintaining peak bone mass, preventing osteoporosisModule 6-Aging Womanhood: The Elder YearsKey Concepts: hormone decline and bone health, osteoporosis management and treatment , osteoporosis fracture prevention

Overview

Section 1: Module 1

Lecture 1 The Basics

Section 2: Module 2

Lecture 2 Beginning Womanhood: The Early Years

Section 3: Module 3

Lecture 3 Young Womanhood: The Menstruating Years

Section 4: Module 4

Lecture 4 Peak Womanhood: The Childbearing Years

Section 5: Module 5

Lecture 5 Mature Womanhood: The Perimenopausal Years

Section 6: Module 6

Lecture 6 Aging Womanhood: The Elder Years

Individuals interested in women's health and wellness, nutrition, bone health and development