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World Osteoporosis Day

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As the world celebrates World Osteoporosis Day (WOD) on Friday, October 20, 2017, with this theme: Love your bones. Protect your future. WOD is celebrated by more than 90 countries. This celebration is designed to raise global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and related bone diseases. It aims to put osteoporosis and fracture prevention on the global health agenda and reaches out to health-care professionals, the media, policy makers and the public at large. Specifically, the 2017 World Osteoporosis Day campaign will urge people to ‘Love your bones – Protect your future’ and aims to: (1) Promote worldwide awareness of osteoporosis and understanding of the heavy toll the disease can take on an individual’s future if left undiagnosed and untreated.

Promote understanding of the link between osteoporosis and fractures – which can be a major cause of disability and early death in older adults.

Encourage individuals to recognize risk factors, including first fractures, and to seek testing and treatment if required in order to protect their longer term future.

Promote bone-healthy nutrition and exercise as essential to good bone health, as well as awareness of the role of calcium, good nutrition, and regular exercise during childhood and adolescences when bones are developing.

Advocate for preventive care worldwide: enable healthcare professionals and health authorities to close the persistent ‘care gap’ by addressing critical issues such as under-diagnosis and under-treatment, lack of Fracture Liaison Services to systematically identify and treat high risk patients, and poor adherence to treatment (International Osteoporosis Foundation —IOF 2017).

How is WOD celebrated in different parts of the world? In Oakland, U.S.A., American Bone Health has created a video celebration asking children about their bone health. (1)How many bones do you have? (2)Where are your bones do you have? (3) What is your favorite sport? (4) What keeps your bones strong? (5) What do your bones do? While in Chou-ku, Japan, they hang WOD flags on gaslights at the San-Kyu Bashi Street. Japan Osteoporosis Foundation highlights World Osteoporosis Day celebration by encouraging all people who are at risk of osteoporosis or fractures to have a bone examination. In Bangkok, Thailand, a half day event for a mini marathon and a half marathon was held last October 1. The Thai Osteoporosis Foundation has promoted exercises as primary and secondary means of osteoporosis prevention, especially during WOD.

Annually, it is estimated that 9 million fractures occur to people worldwide, hence it is important to make fracture prevention a global priority. So, to both the young and the “young once” out there, be careful that you would not be included in these statistics. Remember that a nutritious diet, a healthy lifestyle, exercise (walking, weight bearing), taking an osteoporosis medication as prescribed by your healthcare provider, and not smoking and drinking excessive amount of alcohol will go a long way towards a long and quality life ahead of you.

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