More than 25% of early-middle-aged adults had osteopenia in their neck, according to findings recently published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.

By 2025, fractures due to osteoporosis will cost $25.3 billion annually according to Martha A. Bass, PhD, of the department of health, exercise science and recreation management at the University of Mississippi School of Applied Sciences, and colleagues, and “by 2050, the worldwide incidence of osteoporotic fractures is projected to have increased by 310% in men and by 240% in women.”