Why should we take our bone health seriously?

The health of our entire body depends on the health of our bones. Heredity is an important factor determining 60-80% of a person's bone mass, but the remaining percentages are entirely up to us and our lifestyle. Why it's important to take care of our bone health, we talk to Dr. Bilyana Konstantinova, a specialist in internal medicine and gerontology at the University Medical Hospital in Gosford, New South Wales.

Osteoporosis results in bones becoming more fragile and therefore breaking more easily Credit: The New Times