They are prone to developing osteoporosis, a disease where bones become weak and are more likely to break.
When people shrink more or faster, the biggest concern is osteoporosis, in which bones become weak, brittle and vulnerable to breakage.
Thus, what we need to prevent future crises is a more dynamic approach to regulation and oversight--one that is strong precisely when market forces become weak.
In Venezuela, like in many countries in Latin America, the natural vehicles of political debate and opposition-the political parties- have become weak as a result of ongoing corruption, disconnection from the public, aloofness from sources of societal support, and lack of social and political vision.
The writer calls into question how our bucket lists have become pretty weak.
"Your muscles get cold and are instantly paralyzed by the hyperventilation, and you can become very weak, " says Dr. Thomas Traill, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Normally a country would respond to a weakening of its currency by increasing exports, but in an economy ravaged by Dutch Disease there is little immediate ability to increase exports because the manufacturing sector has become so weak and withered and the country so dependent on imports.
The reason why the linings of nuclear reactors degrade is that metals can become brittle and weak when they are exposed to radiation.
"He's become a very weak mayor, " said Rahaman Muhammad, president of the Newark labor union, SEIU Local 617, a former supporter who is now an outspoken critic.
"She is an icon, and you don't become an icon by being weak, " Nevius said Monday.
This will have a dramatic impact on countries that have become overly dependent on a weak currency to stimulate economic growth.
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While economic growth has surged thanks to the industrial recovery, galloping prices of food items following last year's weak monsoon have become a national concern.
LinkedIn should become the perfect site for cementing weak ties that create those new business opportunities.
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Mr Kan's best hope must be that support for the opposition parties is too weak for them to become truly assertive.
Support for Wales to become an independent country outside the UK remained weak, rising from 7% last year to 9% this year.
"Life was too short for Roger to be defeated by illness, so when Roger's body became weak, we saw how his mind become sharper, " Emanuel said.
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Not only were consumers and business travelers seeking bargains in a weak economy, but the company has become known for better customer service than some of its online travel rivals.
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When you have done a few presentations, you will become very familiar with the areas in your business that are weak.
West Africa, has increasingly become a point favoured by Latin American drug cartels because of weak local law enforcement and a largely unsupervised coastline.
"The priorities of this trust will be to work with the private sector and regulators to identify institutions that are weak and take remedies to strengthen them before they become insolvent, " he said.
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John McCain of Arizona called for the creation of a mortgage and financial institutions trust, which would work with the private sector and regulators to identify institutions that are weak and take remedies to strengthen them before they become insolvent.
If the duck candidate has shown sufficient signs of being untrustworthy, so weak and vacillating that in post-election he might easily become a hawk, the electorate would choose the more trustworthy parrot.
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So management fees have become an important source of profits for VC firms, especially those that have posted weak and negative returns to their investors in the post-2000 years.
Moreover, if the relationship between performance and pay is weak, how can they identify and fix any alignment issues up-front, before these issues become apparent to investors as they cast their Say on Pay votes?
Although it is hard to pin down the reasons, Martin Wattenberg, of the University of California at Irvine, points out that turnout has fallen most sharply in countries where parties are weak: Switzerland (thanks to those referendums), America and France (where presidential elections have become increasingly candidate- rather than party-centred), and Japan (where political loyalties revolve around ties to internal factions rather than the party itself).
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