Inactive teenagers develop lazy bones that can break more easily

Various media outlets featured UBC research that found inactive teens risk permanent negative effects on their bone health.

Heather McKay, a UBC orthopedics professor, said more than one-third of the adult skeleton is developed during adolescence and physical activity is critical for bone strength development.

The story appeared in the Daily Mail, Yahoo U.K.Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and Castanet. A similar story appeared in Metro News.