‘ Working out as teenager keeps women from shrinking later’

Working out as a teenager may help women avoid shrinking in older age, a new study suggest.

Some shrinking is a normal part of aging, but women can lose up to two inches of height between the ages of 30 and 70.

More importantly, the more someone shrinks, the higher their risks of breaking bones are and that, in turn, is linked to an earlier death.

This is particularly worrisome for women, who are more prone than their male counterparts to osteoporosis, or weak bones.

Women who worked out strenuously as teenagers are less likely to shrink when they get older, a new University of Buffalo study reveals

Women who worked out hard in their younger years, however, were less likely to shrink or to shrink as much after menopause, a new University of Buffalo study found.

No matter how tall we stand, we will all eventually shrink at least a little bit.

Over the courses of their lives, men shrink an average of 1.3 inches, and women lose about an inch- and- a- half.

Shrinking happens as the vertebrae of the spine get dehydrated.

More than half of Americans over 50 develop osteoporosis, a degenerative disease that weakens bones over time. This condition coupled with the effects of gravity and aging push us downward.