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Introduction Osteoporosis is a bone related condition in which there are structural changes in the lattice work of bone, it becomes porous and weak and bone fractures or there is risk of fractures. Certain modifiable factors like inadequate calcium intake in diet, sedentary life style, taking high dose of alcohol, smoking also play important roles in developing osteoporosis which are controllable. Aims and objectives: A comparative study was done to know impact of food habits and lifestyle of normal healthy people and osteoporosed people. Material and methods: Two hundred subjects of Dhanbad town whose age range was in between 30 to 70 years, were selected for the study, out of which one hundred were normal healthy respondents and another one hundred osteoporosed respondents of both sexes. The study was conducted through BMD machine based on T score as per WHO criteria. A fixed set of questionnaires regarding their calcium rich diets, physical activities and exercise habit, alcohol intake, smoking, were asked to all the respondents groups and recorded in the data sheet and the and results were analyzed. Results: Percentage of non-vegetarians were very high both in normal persons and osteoporosed respondents. In osteoporosed group 60% males respondents and 66% females respondents were not taking calcium rich diet. 86 % males and 62 % females in normal healthy respondent groups were found doing aerobic exercise on daily basis or on most of the days. while in osteoporosed groups respondent 70% males and same 70% females were of sedentary habit. None of the females respondents both in normal and osteoporosed groups, were indulged in alcohol intake. In osteoporosed respondents , only 8% males were taking alcohol on daily basis. None of the females respondents, were smokers in either group. In osteoporosed male respondents, only 8% were smokers on regular daily basis. Conclusion: There is definite impacts of food habits, and life style on osteoporosis. Adequate amount of calcium rich diet intake and role of exercise play an important role on good health while inadequate amount of calcium rich diet and sedentary life style is definitely related to osteoporosis.