Although approximately 80% of osteoporosis sufferers are women, as the longevity of the male population increases, the disease will assume increasing importance in men.

Quote by Gro Harlem Brundtland

Topics: Longevity Quotes

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Contaminated food is a major cause of diarrhea, substantially contributing to malnutrition and killing about...

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Osteoporosis, as the third threat, is particularly attributable to women's physiology.

We are also in the process of defining how best to work together with food...

We are also in the process of defining how best to work together with food...

You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health...

You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health...

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That the AIDS pandemic is threatening sustainable development in Africa only reinforces the reality that...

During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that...

During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that...

Since the reduction of risk factors is the scientific basis for primary prevention, the World...

Since the reduction of risk factors is the scientific basis for primary prevention, the World...

The burden of disease falls on the poor.

The burden of disease falls on the poor.

The launch of the report coincides with the initiation by WHO of the global strategy...

The launch of the report coincides with the initiation by WHO of the global strategy...

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers' suffering or dying in connection with unwanted...

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers' suffering or dying in connection with unwanted...

In recognising the global problem posed by osteoporosis, WHO sees the need for a global...

In recognising the global problem posed by osteoporosis, WHO sees the need for a global...

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Today osteoporosis affects more than 75 million people in the United States, Europe and Japan...

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When public and private sectors combine intellectual and other resources, more can be achieved.

A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition...

A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition...

Let me first say that I don't think the millennium target of cutting global poverty...

Let me first say that I don't think the millennium target of cutting global poverty...

Women's health is one of WHO's highest priorities.

Women's health is one of WHO's highest priorities.

Cancers of all types among women are increasing.

Cancers of all types among women are increasing.

Health is the core of human development.

Health is the core of human development.

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action,...

Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action,...