Can a doctor tell if I have osteoporosis just by looking at me?

Can a doctor tell if I have osteoporosis just by looking at me?

Frederick Singer (Director of the Endocrine/Bone Disease Program, John Wayne Cancer Institute ) gives expert video advice on: If my mother had a history of osteoporosis why would I get it too?; Can a doctor tell if I have osteoporosis just by looking at me? and more...

If a doctor looks at the average person who has osteoporosis, they generally could not tell that it was present. That is because osteoporosis is really silent until the bones start to really deteriorate. So, I might be able to tell someone has osteoporosis if I see a curvature, a forward curvature, of the spine called kyphosis.