IOC Expert Paper Targets Better Health of Young People
IOC expert paper targets better health of young people
(PRWEB) September 13, 2011
The unique document defines the health consequences of inactivity; it identifies the determinants of sports participation and drop-outs, and provides recommendations on potential solutions and global partnerships. The ultimate purpose of this scientific effort is to improve the health and fitness of young people throughout the world, thereby decreasing the morbidity and mortality deriving from non-communicable diseases.
Fighting non-communicable diseases
Obesity and physical inactivity are two of the main risk factors for non-communicable diseases, which include heart diseases, diabetes and osteoporosis. At least 2.6 million people each year die as a result of being overweight or obese, and children are also affected. It is estimated that, in 2005, at least 20 million children under the age of five were overweight. Childhood obesity is associated with a higher chance of premature death and disability in adulthood, and physical activity and sport have an important role to play in stopping this dangerous trend. The topic is currently also at the top of the agenda of the United Nations (UN) and IOC President Jacques Rogge will address the General Assembly during a dedicated summit on 19 September in New York.
Conference details
The meeting on “Health and fitness of young people through physical activity and sport”, held in January 2011 in Lausanne, was chaired by Prof. Arne Ljungqvist and coordinated by Margo Mountjoy M.D., a member of the IOC Medical Commission’s Games Group. Programme consultants included a panel of leading exercise physiologists, epidemiologists, and policy experts from around the world, attended to review the scientific literature and to produce recommendations for the promotion of sport and physical activity and the prevention of non-communicable diseases caused by inactivity.
The Role of the IOC Medical Commission
With the establishment of the World Anti-Doping Agency in 1999, the IOC Medical Commission’s role has moved from primarily handling anti-doping activities in the world of sport to taking an active role in the promotion of health through sports participation. In the framework of this objective, a series of consensus meetings has been scheduled, covering among others the following issues:
Training the Elite Child Athlete – 2005
Sexual Abuse & Harassment in Sport – 2007
Non-contact ACL Injury in the Female Athlete – 2009
The Use of Platelet-Rich Plasma in Sports Medicine – 2010
Age Determination in High-level Young Athletes – 2010
Read the Concensus Statement
Presentation: Health and Fitness of young people through sport
Osteoporosis is a ache of basic that leads to an added accident of fracture. Osteoporosis in fact agency ‘porous bones’. In osteoporosis the cartilage mineral physique (BMD) is reduced, cartilage micro architectonics is disrupted, and the bulk and array of proteins in cartilage is altered.
Osteoporosis Causes
Osteoporosis occurs if there is an alterity amid new cartilage accumulation and old cartilage resorption. The physique may abort to anatomy abundant new bone, or too abundant old cartilage may be reabsorbed, or both. Two capital minerals for accustomed cartilage accumulation are calcium and phosphate. Throughout youth, the physique uses these minerals to aftermath bones. Calcium is capital for able activity of the heart, brain, and added organs.
MAINTAIN ADEQUATE BLOOD LEVELS OF VITAMIN D
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ADD VITAMIN K2 TO YOUR OSTEOPOROSIS TREATMENT PROGRAM
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EXERCISE! EXERCISE! EXERCISE!
Strength contest are an capital allotment of all osteoporosis analysis guidelines. Finding an exercise affairs that we adore are the lot of important consideration…because that is the one that we will abide throughout the years bare to body stronger bones.
An osteoporosis affable diet, admitting aural alleviative and disgusting, can in fact be appealing fun. We’re not talking carb-counting here. All you charge to do is accomplish abiding you’re accepting those capital vitamins and minerals that your basic charge to break able and healthy. Doctors generally appoint supplements of these vitamins, but they’re actual simple to get in your accustomed diet. There are as well a few key things you should abstain that can accident your basic and aggravate your osteoporosis; things like airy drinks or liver. For a lot of people, an osteoporosis affable diet is absolutely calmly accessible and will not clean the smile off your face if you sit down for banquet every night.
www.superfoodhealthyliving.com www.balancedhealthtoday.com Do you know why so many experience sore knees and leg muscle cramps when taking calcium supplements? Osteoporosis has been used to sell an unending number of calcium fortified products and supplements that could be causing great harm to those of us who consume them – too much of the wrong kind of calcium can make you feel old and creaky. David Wolfe in The Longevity Now Program has identified excessive calcification as one of the major causes of premature aging. This review of the Longevity Now program looks a little closer. * Calcium supplements in almost every single case cause decalcification of the bones, cause osteoporosis and calcify us in our joint in our muscle tissue and cause us to age prematurely. –David Wolfe Why Does So Much Of Our Medicine Just Address Symptoms And Not Cause? There is no question about it that the body needs calcium but if it cannot be absorbed and used, then it gathers in places where it is not needed and causes trouble. This is what happens when we just look at symptoms rather than the underlying cause of our conditions. In the Longevity Now program you’ll find the natural, absorbable sources of calcium that will cure the problem and not just build up in the body and cause other problems. www.balancedhealthtoday.com Cleveland, Ohio As Sur, United Arab Emirates, As Sur, UAE Norway, Oslo South Bend, Indiana Jackson, Mississippi Armenia, Yerevan Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek City of Greater … Video Rating: 0 / 5
This is a wake-up call people! This mainstream media video exposing Fluoride as Poison will hopefully give you TV believers the corroboration you need. Tablets and chewing gum that contain fluoride are to be banned in Belgium over fears they might increase the risk of brittle bone disease. news.bbc.co.uk Yesterday, the Belgium Health Ministry confirmed it was banning fluoride tablets and fluoride chewing gum.(1) This fluoride ban comes after a new health study “found excessive use of fluoride products increased the risk not only of osteoporosis, but of damage to the nervous system too”. Osteoporosis causes weakening of bones and can lead to fractures. homepage.eircom.net
Dr. Allan Sosin talks about osteoporosis and it’s causes and treatment. Video Rating: 1 / 5
The Atlantic County Superior Court of New Jersey has set the first jury trial (Docket No. ATL-L-3644-08) concerning Fosamax for July 12, 2010, with the case meant to serve as a “bell-weather” for thousands of others pending before the court. The plaintiff is an osteoporosis sufferer that used the drug for approximately 4 years before she developed severe osteonecrosis of the jaw, a debilitating side-effect suffered by thousands of other women who used Fosamax. Osteonecrosis of the jaw is the permanent death of living bone tissue that requires extensive treatment to correct and causes considerable pain and disfigurement.
Marc Grossman of The Sanders Firm, a New York attorney that represents the plaintiff in the bell-weather case, as well as hundreds of former Fosamax users, states, “We are ready and eager to have our day in court and hold Merck responsible for the suffering it caused to thousands of women. Merck marketed this drug as a treatment for osteoporosis, when it knew the drug caused the death of bone tissue in the jaw. It’s a blatant example of the drug industry putting increased profits before the safety of people.”
Fosamax belongs to a class of drugs called biphosphonates and is the most widely prescribed of the class. In 2005, Merck succumbed to increasing pressure from the Food and Drug Administration and the medical community to add a warning on the Fosamax label that osteonecrosis of the jaw was a known risk of the drug. In a January, 2009 article published in the Journal of the American Dental Association, several dentists from the University of Southern California have recommended that all dental professionals warn their patients that ”Because you are taking a type of drug called bisphosphonate, you may be at risk for developing osteonecrosis of the jaw and certain dental treatment may increase that risk.”
Marc Grossman is a Senior Partner at The Sanders Firm, a National Law Firm with almost fifty attorneys, one-hundred and twenty staff members and clients in all fifty States. For the past forty-three years, The Sanders Firm has successfully represented thousands of victims of defective drugs and products and has recovered over $ 500 Million for its clients. For further information or press inquiries, please contact Marc Grossman at 1-800-FAIR-PLAY or visit us at http://www.thesandersfirm.com or via email at mgrossman(at)thesandersfirm(dot)com.
caffeine promotes the excretion of calcium from your bones. Osteoporosis is a silent disease and one of the most common disorders of prost menopausal women. Video Rating: 1 / 5
A presentation by Dr. Jeff Herten. Look for more information in his book, “The Sobering Truth”, which can be found at www.soberingtruth.com. Video Rating: 0 / 5
Herbal Remedies for Osteoporosis causes and symptoms
Osteoporosis is characterized by exaggeration of this process, because of an imbalance between the activity of osteoblasts (bone cells that provide training) and that of osteoclasts (cells that ensure the destruction of bone): for a same volume, the bone is less dense, therefore more fragile. Osteoporosis is a condition where the bones begin to lose their density, placing the sufferer at increased risk of a fracture or break. It’s a condition that typically occurs as we age when the body is less able to regenerate healthy new bone.
Osteoporosis or porous bones is a disease that affects primarily white and Asian women. After menopause, the ovaries stop producing the female hormone estrogen that affects the calcium content of bones. As the bones lose calcium, they become thin and brittle. Although men may also suffer from osteoporosis as they age, women are more vulnerable because they have less bone mass.
Causes – The causes of osteoporosis are multiple. The most common is postmenopausal osteoporosis. At menopause, estrogen levels (hormones patrons of bone) suffer a collapse, while that of corticosteroids (hormones that increase bone resorption) remain constant. Senile osteoporosis is observed particularly in women past 60 years, the frequency increases with age. It is favored by the inactivity of the absence of exposure to natural light (which allows the skin to synthesize vitamin D), from a system low in calcium and protein. Osteoporosis can be and endocrine or drug origin: excess thyroid hormone (hyperthyroidism or related to a bad treatment of a hipotiroidii dosed) or parathyroid (presence of a parathyroid adenoma in one), corticosteroids (Cushing’s disease, treatment corticosteroid), etc.. The osteoporosis may occur at any age.
Symptoms and signs – Fractures are the main manifestations of osteoporosis. Place of production varies with fracture reduction as bone density affects cortical bone or spongy bone.
Some natural and herbal remedies for osteoporosis: Eat a healthy diet which includes plenty of calcium and vitamin D. Exercise regularly and cut down on alcohol and cigarettes. For good source of calcium have low-fat milk, yoghurt, cheese, and orange juice, green leafy vegetable like spinach, cereals and breads.
A twenty minute walk three to four times a week may help you tremendously. You can also go biking, swimming or join aerobic dancing classes to improve the bone condition. Engage in weight-bearing exercises as these help in strengthening the bones. If you have a swimming pool or a beach around your house, go walking in chest deep water for 30 minutes at least three days a week. This prevents stress on your bones hence there is less erosion.
A cup of milk has 100 international units of vitamin D. Four cups a day could be your daily dose of vitamin D. Studies have also shown that post-menopausal women can have supplements containing manganese (5 mg/day), copper (2.5 mg/day), and zinc (15 mg/day) in combination with a calcium supplement (1,000 mg/day). It is termed to be more effective than having the calcium supplement alone.
Consume less salt and avoid food products which have more than 300 milligrams of salt per serving. Stay away from carbonated beverages like cola and soft drinks. The phosphoric acid present in carbonated drinks contains phosphorus, which if had in excess, can cause elimination of calcium from the body.
Women are more prone to osteoporosis than men. - Increasing age - Hereditary - Low estrogen and testosterone level in women and men respectively. - Thin and frail body structure or suffering from anorexia nervosa - Calcium and vitamin D deficiency - Lack of exercise - Smoking and drinking alcohol has adverse effects on the bone density. - Use of certain medication or drugs
A little exercise can go a long way in avoid osteoporosis, a crippling bone disease that influence 200 million people worldwide.
Prevent Spinal Fractures: What You Don’t Know about Osteoporosis Can Hurt You
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Every year, there are close to 550,000 spinal fractures, compared to around 300,000 hip fractures. That’s just the reported number of fractures: because spinal fractures can be painless, some people may not realize that their bones have become so weak that they’ve cracked. Even though spinal fractures caused by osteoporosis are more common than hip fractures, hips get more hype. SpineUniverse, as part of National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, will get the word out about spinal fractures. As an authoritative website for back pain, SpineUniverse has expanded their osteoporosis information, working toward helping more people understand the danger of spinal fractures.
For the aging American population, osteoporosis and spinal fractures should be a major concern. Baby Boomer women should be especially vigilant because even the youngest Boomers are now approaching menopause–a time when a woman’s risk of spinal fractures caused by osteoporosis dramatically increases.
“Spinal fractures from osteoporosis are particularly dangerous because they can affect your breathing, your mobility, and even irritate or damage the spinal cord or nerves,” explains Dr. Isador Lieberman, Chairman of the Spine Program at Cleveland Clinic Florida. “Although some fractures can be painless, many do cause intense chronic pain if the bone does not heal or if the nerves are pinched. Multiple spinal fractures can even decrease your lung capacity as your spine curves forward and reduces space for the lungs.”
Osteoporosis-induced spinal fractures come with a cost, of course: it’s estimated that fractures requiring hospitalization cost about $ 10,000 each in just the first year. That’s the cost for hospitals to provide care and follow-up, and with so many spinal fractures a year, costs quickly add up.
Osteoporosis is a disease that specifically affects your bone density–how strong your bones are. It literally means “porous bones”. Even healthy bones have holes in them as part of their intricate honeycomb-like design. But for people with osteoporosis, their bones have bigger holes, making them weaker and more prone to breaking. Osteoporosis is most often seen in older people, but it can occur in younger people as well. Women, especially post-menopausal women, are the most susceptible to developing osteoporosis, but that doesn’t mean that men can’t get it, too. It’s estimated that 80% of the 10 million Americans with osteoporosis are women, which means that 2 million men are living with osteoporosis.
Fortunately, osteoporosis and related spinal fractures are preventable. SpineUniverse.com offers extensive, thorough articles on osteoporosis in the spine. The following links will help patients understand what they can do about osteoporosis:
SpineUniverse Osteoporosis ConditionCenter at http://www.spineuniverse.com/osteoporosis/condition-center/
Learn easy-to-implement prevention tips at http://www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article3518.html
Hear what respected spine surgeons have to say about possible treatment options at http://www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article1525.html
Read about why it’s important to be screened for osteoporosis at http://www.spineuniverse.com/displayarticle.php/article3516.html
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Osteoporosis is a disease of the bones characterized by a decrease in bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue, leading to bone fragility and increased susceptibility to fractures of the hip, spine and wrist.
The word “osteoporosis” literally means “porous bones.” Osteoporosis (pronounced OSS-tee-o-puh-RO-sis) occurs when bones begin to lose some of their essential elements. The most important of these elements is calcium. Over time, bone mass decreases. As a result, bones lose their strength, become fragile, and break easily. In extreme cases, even a sneeze or a sudden movement may be enough to break a bone.
Causes of Osteoporosis
Causes of osteoporosis are heredity and lifestyle. Whites and Asians, tall and thin women and those with a history of osteoporosis are those at the highest risk of getting osteoporosis. The behavioral causes of increasing the risk of osteoporosis are smoking, alcohol abuse, prolonged inactivity and a diet low in calcium. There are also some diseases that are associated with aging that cause osteoporosis, which include kidney failure, liver disease, cancers, Paget´s disease, endocrine or glandular diseases, gonadal failure and rheumatoid arthritis. There are some medications like steroids, seizure drugs, thyroid hormone and blood thinners that are also found to cause osteoporosis.
Symptoms and Treatment
Usually, osteoporosis does not cause any symptoms at first. Osteoporosis is often called the “silent” disease, because bone loss occurs without symptoms. People often don’t know they have the disease until a bone breaks, frequently in a minor fall that wouldn’t normally cause a fracture. Many people confuse osteoporosis with arthritis and believe they can wait for symptoms such as swelling and joint pain to occur before seeing a doctor. It should be stressed that the mechanisms
Risk Factor of Osteoporosis
1. A diet low in calcium, either as an adult or as a child, can increase your risk of developing osteoporosis.
2. Vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium. Lack of vitamin D is another risk factor for developing osteoporosis.
3. Smoking cigarettes interferes with the body’s ability to absorb calcium.
4. Excessive alcohol consumption also makes it difficult for calcium to be absorbed. Bones will be weaker without sufficient calcium.
Treatment of Osteoporosis
Although osteoporosis has no cure, several types of medications are available to reduce the rate of bone loss, increase bone density, and reduce the number of fractures. In general, they work in two main ways: they lessen bone break down (anti-resorptive agents) or they stimulate the formation of new bone (anabolic agents).
Hormone therapy
Hormone therapy (HT) was once the mainstay of treatment for osteoporosis. But because of concerns about its safety and because other treatments are available, the role of hormone therapy in managing osteoporosis is changing. Most problems have been linked to certain oral types of HT, either taken in combination with progestin or alone.In addition, it is important to get enough vitamin D. A daily intake of 400 IU, but no more than 800 IU, each day is recommended. Obtaining adequate amounts of vitamin D from our food may be difficult. The main sources of dietary vitamin D are fortified milk (100 IU/cup), egg yolks (25 IU/yolk) and oily fish (vitamin D content varies).
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