The day is observed with the aim of raising global awareness about the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease.
Osteoporotic fractures affect around 10 million Indians each year, both males and females.
The day was introduced on October 20, 1996, by the United Kingdom's National Osteoporosis Society to raise awareness about the bone health.
Osteoporosis makes your bones weak and fragile.
It leads them to break easily - even after a sudden movement, a minor fall, a sneeze, or a bump.
The theme for World Osteoporosis Day 2022 is ‘Step Up for Bone Health’.