Home > Food & Health > Health > Chronic Diseases > Osteoporosis > Men Not Immune To Osteoporosis Although many people think of osteoporosis as a woman’s disease, it is also a serious health problem for men. Losing height or breaking a bone may be the first sign of osteoporosis. Osteoporosis: Protect Your Bones [Image: Osteoporosis] How does bone loss occur? Who is most at risk? What can you do to prevent osteoporosis? Find these answers and more in this two-page fact sheet. Osteoporosis Strikes Every 20 Seconds "Every 20 seconds, osteoporosis causes a fracture," warns an LSU AgCenter nutrition education expert. Specialist Donna Montgomery says osteoporosis is a painful, disfiguring disease that strikes one in every two women and one in every eight men above age 50.