'Roller-coaster of pain': broken state of bone health

Olympian and Healthy Bones Australia ambassador Sally Pearson discusses osteoporosis prevention.

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00:00We do need everybody's help, including the government, to reach as many adults as possible with a prevention message.

00:08And when I speak with people living with osteoporosis, I have a friend here, Elaine, and I apologise, Elaine,

00:15but I always tell your story everywhere I go because it is an emotional one.

00:20And Carol here, who I met today, understanding it more of a personal note, I think is more important

00:28because the emotion is behind that.

00:30And the fear that you have leaving your homes, leaving your door, walking the streets like any normal person would do every day,

00:40and having that fear, it really, I suppose in a much smaller way, I kind of understood when I had some of my fractures,

00:49particularly my biggest one, and the protection that you have over your body that everyday people probably don't have.