Does osteoporosis ever occur in children?

Does osteoporosis ever occur in children?

Frederick Singer (Director of the Endocrine/Bone Disease Program, John Wayne Cancer Institute ) gives expert video advice on: Can osteoporosis affect my sex life? and more...

Fortunately, osteoporosis is very uncommon in children but it does occur. Osteoporosis in children is usually an extremely rare hereditary disorder. Sometimes it could be due to treatments with steroids for other conditions. And then in young girls anorexia nervosa, a very difficult psychological condition, may lead to osteoporosis. There's extreme weight loss. The period doesn't come on and it is a very bad form of osteoporosis.