Skipping breakfast, eating late dinners may raise risk for major osteoporotic fractures

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Adults who skipped breakfast at least three times per week had 18% higher risk for major osteoporotic fractures.

Eating dinner within 2 hours of bedtime raised major osteoporotic fracture risk by 8%.

Adults who regularly skip breakfast or eat dinner less than 2 hours before going to bed may have increased risk for major osteoporotic fractures , according to data published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society .

In an analysis of data from DeSC health claims database in Japan, researchers assessed whether lifestyle habits affected the risk for fractures in a large cohort of adults during a median follow-up of 2.6 years. Hiroki Nakajima, MD, PhD, of the department of diabetes and endocrinology at Nara Medical University in Japan, said the finding that eating dinner