Health Tip: Live Healthier to Help Prevent Osteoporosis

(HealthDay News) -- A healthier lifestyle can help ward off osteoporosis, a disease that causes brittle, thin and weak bones.

The American Council on Exercise offers these tips:

• Perform weight-bearing exercises four days per week and strengthening exercises two or three days per week.
• Eat a diet rich in calcium and fiber, and low in fat.
• Get some safe sun exposure to promote vitamin D production.
• Don't smoke.