Quiz: What are you doing for bone health?
For each of the following questions, please choose the answer that is most true for you!
Part 1: Calcium
1. How often do you drink milk (dairy, soy, or rice), eat cheese (dairy or soy), or drink fruit juice with added calcium?
| Never or hardly ever |
| A few times a week |
| Once a day |
| Twice a day |
| All the time! Milk with my cereal, yogurt at lunchtime, calcium-fortified OJ in the afternoon... |
2. How often do you eat dairy or soy cheese, pudding, ice cream, or frozen yogurt?
| Never or hardly ever |
| A few times a week |
| Once a day |
| Twice a day |
| At least 3 times every day |
3. How often do you eat cereal with added calcium (click here for a list of cereals that contain at least 20% of your daily calcium needs)?
| Never or hardly ever—I'm more of a donut person. |
| Once or twice a week |
| Every other day |
| Almost every day |
| Every day—I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs! |
4. How often do you eat grilled cheese, Mexican food, lasagna, or pizza?
| Never or hardly ever |
| Once or twice a week |
| Every other day |
| Almost every day |
| At least once per day—I'm a cheeseaholic! |
5. How often do you eat almonds, tofu, crab, canned salmon, or sardines?
| Never or hardly ever—tofu isn't for me. |
| Once or twice a week |
| Every other day |
| Almost every day |
| At least once per day |
6. How often do you take a calcium supplement (like Tums, Viactiv, or a generic brand)?
| Never or hardly ever |
| Once or twice a week |
| Every other day |
| Almost every day |
| At least once a day |
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