Yes, that is a TRUE statement.
With the decline of the female hormone estrogen at menopause, usually around age 50, bone breakdown markedly increases.
You'll recall that this is because estrogen helps keep calcium in women's bones and maintains bone mass. For several years, women lose bone two to four times faster than they did before menopause. The rate usually slows down again, but some women may continue to lose bone rapidly. By age 65, some women have lost half their skeletal mass.
