`Your mother is right to be concerned about your calcium intake,'' says Artemis Pazianos, an endocrinologist who specializes in growth disorders and osteoporosis at Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Mass. ``Studies show that eight out of 10 girls in this country do not get enough calcium in their diets. If you're not getting enough calcium, you are at risk for developing osteoporosis later in life, a disease characterized by low bone density that makes bone fractures more likely.''

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