Abantu abasengozini

• The izinsana kanye nezingane ezindala Iminyaka engu-6 nangaphansi;
• The abesifazane abakhulelwe kanye nabo fetus. Umthofu ovalelwe emathanjeni ungakhululwa emzimbeni, weqe i-placenta futhi ufinyelele ku-fetus;
• Kungenzeka ukuthi i- asebekhulile, ikakhulukazi abesifazane, abaye bachayeka emthonjeni omningi esikhathini esidlule. I-osteoporosis, ehlasela abesifazane abangemva kokuya esikhathini, ingabangela ukuba umthofu oqoqwe emathanjeni ukhishelwe emzimbeni. Futhi, abantu abadala banamathuba amaningi okuba namazinga aphezulu omthofu wegazi anezimpawu ezimbalwa kunezingane;
• Izingane ezihlushwa yi i-pica. Kuyisifo esiphoqelelayo sokudla esihlanganisa ukudla ngendlela ehlelekile izinto ezithile ezingadliwa (umhlaba, ushoki, isihlabathi, iphepha, isikali sikapende, njll.).

Izici zengozi

• Sebenza endaweni yokucubungula insimbi noma yokugaywa kabusha kwamabhethri emoto noma imikhiqizo kagesi equkethe umthofu;
• Hlala eduze nezimboni ezikhulula umthofu endaweni ezungezile;
• Hlala endlini eyakhiwe ngaphambi kuka-1980, ngenxa yezingozi ezihambisana nokuchayeka emanzini aphuma kumpompi (amapayipi anamanzi omthofu) nopende omdala onomthofu;
• Ukuntuleka komsoco ku-calcium, uvithamini D, amaprotheni, i-zinc nensimbi kusiza ukumuncwa komthofu emzimbeni.