A study has uncovered a bone health crisis in the UK, with startling figures showing that half of women and one in five men over 50 suffer fractures annually . Osteoporosis, the brittle bone disease affecting more than 3.5 million Brits, is primarily caused by ageing, but gender and genetics also play a role. Dubbed "a silent and hidden" ailment due to its symptomless nature until a fracture occurs, osteoporosis leads to a bone breaking every minute in the UK, as reported by the Royal