Interactive evidence-based tools
Bone Health Calculator Hub
Use these tools to estimate intake, organize risk factors, and prepare better questions for a visit. They are educational and built from the PDF library, not loose internet summaries.
Nutrition Calculators
These place your estimate next to context supported by the PDF library. Food, medical conditions, lab results, medications, kidney health, and clinician-directed plans can change what is appropriate.
Calcium Intake Calculator
Estimate calcium from food plus supplements, then compare with the total daily calcium range commonly discussed in osteoporosis reviews.
Vitamin D Intake Context
Compare food and supplement vitamin D with PDF-supported context about deficiency risk, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, and dose safety.
Reference: vitamin D reviews and calcium/vitamin D fracture evidence.3,4
Protein Baseline Calculator
Estimate a baseline protein target using 0.8 grams per kilogram per day, then treat that as a starting point for discussion. This is not a muscle-building, fracture-recovery, sports, weight-loss, or kidney-disease prescription.
Quick Reference Targets
| Topic | PDF-supported context used here |
|---|---|
| Calcium | Total daily calcium around 800-1,200 mg/day is commonly discussed in osteoporosis reviews when correcting deficiency. |
| Vitamin D | Vitamin D is often guided by serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status; several osteoporosis sources discuss daily intakes around 800-1,000 IU in older or higher-risk adults. |
| Protein | 0.8 g/kg/day is a baseline adult reference point, while older-adult nutrition discussions often consider about 1.0-1.2 g/kg/day depending on context. |
These are evidence-context ranges for discussion. They do not mean everyone should take a supplement to reach them.
Risk Discussion Prompts
Some bone-health topics should be handled as structured visit preparation, not as public online scoring. These tools create questions to bring to a clinician.
Osteoporosis Screening Prompt
Uses screening themes summarized in osteoporosis reviews as a starting point for a clinician conversation.
Fall Risk Conversation Aid
Based on exercise, frailty, and fall-prevention evidence in the PDF library. This identifies fall-prevention topics to discuss, not a diagnosis.
Menopause Bone-Risk Prompt
Organize menopause-related bone questions, especially when estrogen loss may have started early or abruptly.
Reference: osteoporosis screening and management reviews.8,9
Male Osteoporosis Discussion Tool
Men can have osteoporosis, especially after fractures or with medication and hormone-related risks. Major reviews note that evidence for population screening in men is less certain, so this tool creates questions rather than a screening directive.
Reference: osteoporosis screening and management reviews.8,9
Calculators and Tools
FRAX
FRAX is a fracture-risk assessment model that integrates clinical risk factors and, when available, femoral neck bone density. BonegevityMD should not recreate it informally.
Open FRAX toolNutrition context
The nutrition page explains how calcium, vitamin D, protein, total energy, and medical context fit together in the PDF-supported evidence.
Open nutrition pageFalls and balance
The falls page turns exercise, frailty, and sarcopenia evidence into practical visit questions.
Open falls pageReferences
The intake context and clinical conversation prompts on this page are built from PDFs stored in the repository.
- Compston JE, McClung MR, Leslie WD. Osteoporosis. Lancet. 2019;393(10169):364-376. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32112-3.
- Rizzoli R, Chevalley T. Nutrition and osteoporosis prevention. Curr Osteoporos Rep. 2024;22(6):829-837. doi:10.1007/s11914-024-00892-0.
- Hanley DA, Cranney A, Jones G, et al. Vitamin D in adult health and disease: a review and guideline statement from Osteoporosis Canada. CMAJ. 2010;182(12):E610-E618. doi:10.1503/cmaj.091062.
- Weaver CM, Alexander DD, Boushey CJ, et al. Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and risk of fractures: an updated meta-analysis from the National Osteoporosis Foundation. Osteoporos Int. 2016;27(1):367-376. doi:10.1007/s00198-015-3386-5.
- Robinson SM, Reginster JY, Rizzoli R, et al. Does nutrition play a role in the prevention and management of sarcopenia? Clin Nutr. 2018;37(4):1121-1132. doi:10.1016/j.clnu.2017.08.016.
- Dent E, Daly RM, Hoogendijk EO, Scott D. Exercise to prevent and manage frailty and fragility fractures. Curr Osteoporos Rep. 2023;21(2):205-215. doi:10.1007/s11914-023-00777-8.
- Wong RMY, Wong H, Zhang N, et al. The relationship between sarcopenia and fragility fracture: a systematic review. Osteoporos Int. 2019;30(3):541-553. doi:10.1007/s00198-018-04828-0.
- Morin SN, Leslie WD, Schousboe JT. Osteoporosis: a review. JAMA. 2025. doi:10.1001/jama.2025.6003.
- Compston JE, McClung MR, Leslie WD. Osteoporosis. Lancet. 2019;393(10169):364-376. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32112-3.
- Kanis JA, Johansson H, Harvey NC, McCloskey EV. A brief history of FRAX. Arch Osteoporos. 2018;13(1):118. doi:10.1007/s11657-018-0510-0.
- Masud T, Binkley N, Boonen S, Hannan MT. Official positions for FRAX clinical regarding falls and frailty: can falls and frailty be used in FRAX? J Clin Densitom. 2011;14(3):194-204. doi:10.1016/j.jocd.2011.05.010.
Educational Use Only
This website is educational. It is not a medical practice, telemedicine service, or a substitute for care from your own clinician.
