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World Osteoporosis Day - October 20
October 25 , 2022
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- 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’.
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