The Soroptimist Club Isola d’Elba with the patronage of the Municipality of Porto Azzurro organizes for today, Saturday 20 April at 4.30pm the event was held at the Porto Azzurro theatre “Osteoporosis: state of the art“.
The Dr. Walter Barontidiabetology of Grosseto, together with one of his collaborators, il Dr. Fabiano Cardenti Nutritionist biologist, they will talk about the incidence of fractures which increases with age and how important it is to adopt and maintain an active lifestyle and follow a varied and balanced diet.
In Italy, osteoporosis affects 5,000,000 people, of which 80% are post-menopausal women.
According to ISTAT data relating to the year 2020, 8.1% of the Italian population (13.5% of females and 2.3% of males) declared they were suffering from osteoporosis; this percentage progressively increases with advancing age, particularly in women after 55 years of age, until it reaches 32.2% over 74 years of age (47% of females and 10.3% of males).
The event is open to citizens
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