During the reproductive life of a female, estrogens produced during the reproductive cycle inhibit the activity of osteoclasts. explain why post-menopausal women are more prone to develop osteoporosis than young women:

If menopausal women are considered at a point that their reproductive cycle is over, then their estrogens are low and since it inhibits the osteoclasts, now that body cannot inhibit its activity, therefore it will be released, so it will absorb bone nutrients and degrade bones which causes osteoporosis.