Bigger butt may mean fewer hip fractures


	Bigger butt may mean fewer hip fractures

EddieIsSteady

8-27-2009 5:15 PM

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8-27-2009 5:29 PM

lollipop10

Uh oh.

8-27-2009 7:56 PM

chestnut501

Wow, it sure took a lot of brains to figure that one out.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#66ccff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/857d48d1-9da7-4563-988b-97400bf885e3/66EA9761-D5C3-47EF-8669-06A719DCBB8D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1743508/bigger_butt_may_mean_fewer_hip_fractures/index.html?source=r_health" href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1743508/bigger_butt_may_mean_fewer_hip_fractures/index.html?source=r_health" style="font-size: 11px;">www.redorbit.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1743508/bigger_butt_may_mean_fewer_hip_fractures/index.html?source=r_health">Bigger butt may mean fewer hip fractures</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1743508/bigger_butt_may_mean_fewer_hip_fractures/index.html?source=r_health"><P>A major decline in the proportion of Canadians suffering hip fractures may be partly due to people weighing more and having bigger buttocks, researchers say.</p> <P>The additional weight provides more cushioning during falls, the researchers say in a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.</p> <P><Q>It's one of the interesting hypotheses,</Q> lead author Bill Leslie told the Toronto Star. <Q>Individuals who are underweight ... don't have that padding.</Q></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1743508/bigger_butt_may_mean_fewer_hip_fractures/index.html?source=r_health">The researchers didn't provide any corresponding figures for increases in weight or buttocks widths but did note weight problems and obesity are epidemic these days.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1743508/bigger_butt_may_mean_fewer_hip_fractures/index.html?source=r_health"><Q>Hip fractures continue to exert major effects on the population, and the decreasing incidence rates are not grounds for complacency toward osteoporosis prevention and treatment,</Q> the authors said in a statement. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1743508/bigger_butt_may_mean_fewer_hip_fractures/index.html?source=r_health">The researchers stressed the study does not advocate obesity as a hip-protection strategy. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/66EA9761-D5C3-47EF-8669-06A719DCBB8D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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