Most people think of osteoporosis as something that happens in old age, a quiet diagnosis that arrives after a fall, a fracture, or a routine bone density scan. But the reality is that osteoporosis is a condition decades in the making, and the window for meaningful prevention opens far earlier than most people realise. If you're a woman in your 40s or 50s, reading about bone health now is not premature, it's precisely the right time. And if you already have a diagnosis of ost