 [ Symptoms ] what happens to someone when they get cataracts [ Disease ] most helpful answer there is no correlation between milk intake and the formation of scoliosis in adolescence the nutrients in milk calcium phosphorus etc  are very important for bone health but not drinking milk would not cause scoliosis many people are lacose intolerant and do not ever drink milk and there rates of scoliosis are no higher scoliosis can just happen as a young woman she needs calcium for instance but there are other sources of this essential element in vegetables of course she may not eat those either give her that one a day vitamin but she may need an addional mineral supplement as well