Reduction Of Salt Intake To Save Lives – Countries In The Americas Take Action

Numerous countries in the Americas have taken action in order to reduce their populations salt intake. According to experts expanding these efforts to other countries could save the lives of tens of thousands of individuals over the next ten years…

Fast Food And Sweets Advertised When Children Watch Television

Children in Sweden are exposed to a huge number of TV advertisements. Food adverts – primarily for fast food and sweets – dominate the advertisements shown during children’s viewing times. Research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that Sweden is no different from other countries when it comes to the number of adverts that children are exposed to…

Fractures In Russia, Central Asia And Eastern Europe Lead To High Death And Disability Rates

Preliminary findings from an upcoming new report by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) show alarming projections and reveal the poor state of post-fracture care in the Russian Federation and many other countries in the region. The findings were announced at a press conference in St. Petersburg at the IOF Summit of Eastern European and Central Asian Osteoporosis Patient Societies…