Candace and Donovan Have Always Enjoyed Hiking and Mountain Climbing

Multiple Choice

Candace and Donovan have always enjoyed hiking and mountain climbing. Even though she and Donovan are both 57 years old, she is more cautious about activities with a high risk of falling. Candace knows:

A) the rate of bone density loss begins fast and then decelerates.
B) by the end of early adulthood, bones break more easily and heal more slowly.
C) peak functioning of the body's joints occurs in the sixties.
D) women lose bone mass twice as fast as men do.