Nestlé Nesvita Pro-Bones supported the fourth Pan Arab Osteoporosis Conference.

It was part of the company’s continuous efforts to educate and spread awareness about ‘Osteoporosis’ in the region, said an official spokesman.

The conference was held at the Crown Plaza, Festival City, Dubai, from March 2 to 4.

The conference provided a forum for prominent international experts and regional specialists. The physicians attended included Mary Bouxsein – Assistant Professor, Orthopedic Biomechanics Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, US; Ghassan Maalouf – Professor of Clinical Orthopedics, Lebanon; Hussein Saadi – Senior Consultant Endocrinologist, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE and Samir Elbadawi – Professor of Rheumatology, Cairo University, Egypt.

The major topics discussed included Fracture Risk and Bone Health Issues, Therapeutics and Imaging in Osteoporosis and Regional and Global Epidemiological Osteoporosis Data. 

“Nestlé Nesvita Pro-Bones is proud to support the Pan Arab Osteoporosis Conference and the 1st Emirates Osteoporosis Conference in its efforts to promote further awareness of osteoporosis amongst both the general public and the health professionals,” said business executive manager of the Dairy Category in Nestle Middle East Kumaran Nowuram.

“Nestlé Nesvita Pro-Bones is a Low Fat Milk that is not only enriched with Calcium to provide women between the ages of 19 to 50 with their Daily Calcium Requirement with just two glasses every day, but it also includes CalciLock, a unique combination of nutrients that helps absorb and lock Calcium into the bones.”
 
This initiative is a part of Nestle Nesvita’s year long awareness drive that was launched to mark the Global ‘World Osteoporosis Day’ Campaign on October 20, 2007, added Nowuram. – TradeArabia News Service