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Bone remodelling
 Throughout
your lifetime, a process call bone remodeling takes place:
Old bone is removed (resorption) and new bone is added
to the skeleton (formation).
- During childhood and
teenage years, new bone is formed faster
than old bone is removed. As a result,
bones grow in size and density. This
continues until peak bone mass is reached
around the age of 30.
- Around age 30, bone resorption
starts to exceed bone formation. Bone
loss is most rapid in the years after
menopause. Osteoporosis develops when
bone loss occurs more rapidly.
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