Clinical Review
Healthy Aging: Eating More Vegetables Helps to Prevent Fractures
Increased vegetable intake, specifically cruciferous and allium vegetables were associated with a lower rate of hospitalization for fractures.
Fractures in older populations can have detrimental impacts on the quality of life and may lead to depression and disability.
Treatment for, including hospitalizations fractures are also expensive to treat, exceeding $19 billion per year in the U.S.
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