[Nutrition education for osteoporotic patient]

Basis of nutrition education for those who suffer from osteoporosis is to provide dietary advice, in addition to advice on the disease. We need to understand the patients' living environment including their nutrition status and diet. We are able to advise the patients the proper nutrition and diet plans by assessing them. The primary objectives of nutrition education are to improve and maintain the patients' quality of life (QOL) . However, many of the osteoporosis patients are the elderly, who are likely to be influenced by mass media and their eating habit over long period. These factors sometimes diminish the effect of nutrition education, therefore, support from the patients' family and those around are often important. Moreover, proper nutrition education for the youngsters is important more than ever to prevent osteoporosis.