The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) released its new Clinician's Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis representing a major breakthrough in the way healthcare providers evaluate and treat people with low bone mass or osteoporosis and the risk of fractures. NOF's new Clinician's Guide introduces guidelines beyond Caucasian postmenopausal women to include African-American, Asian, Latina and other postmenopausal women, and addresses men age 50 and older for the first time.

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The BEST Exercise Program for Osteoporosis Prevention. Teach your clients the six BEST exercises to prevent osteoporosis. Funded by an NIH grant, the University of Arizona BEST Team of researchers identified the most effective exercises for preventing osteoporosis and improving bone mineral density in postmenopausal women. Teach your clients training protocols, specific programming and motivational strategies that are guaranteed to be the BEST for optimal bone health.

This course was developed through support of the Arizona Osteoporosis Coalition and provides continuing education credits for more than 10 health and fitness organizations.

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