IOF Website

The IOF website, online since 1999, was newly designed and re-launched on World Osteoporosis Day 2006.

The website – www.iofbonehealth.org – replaces the previous site – www.osteofound.org. Some highlights of the new website include:

Access to national osteoporosis societies worldwide

The IOF website continues to be the only source for contact information and links to the IOF’s 190 national osteoporosis member societies in more than 86 locations, representing some 82% of the world’s population.

Nutrition section

This new section was launched on the occasion of World Osteoporosis Day 2006 and its theme “Bone Appétit: The role of nutrition in building and maintaining strong bones”. Special features include an overview of nutrition and bone health; a global recipe database featuring bone-friendly recipes provided by the IOF’s member societies; a novel calcium calculator which is based on weekly calcium intake; and tables of foods rich in calcium and vitamin D.

Health Professionals

Designed to provide doctors, nurses, and allied health specialists with detailed information on osteoporosis, this section includes special topics such as: bone biology; secondary osteoporosis; diagnosis, treatment and care; osteoporosis in men; the role of exercise in bone health; and other osteoporosis-related issues.

What is Osteoporosis?

This well illustrated section is now available for both the public and, in more detail, for health professionals. It offers a succinct, easy-to-read overview of osteoporosis, and its prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

Advocacy/Policy

Newly revised and expanded, this section will feature news on worldwide policy and lobbying initiatives, key facts and statistics, and national osteoporosis guidelines and other key resource documents, grouped by regions of the world.

VIP quotes

In this new section, entertainers, athletes, chefs and osteoporosis advocates will offer personal messages to inspire people with osteoporosis and help raise awareness of issues important to patients and healthcare providers alike.

Technical innovations

The IOF website makes extensive use of the most popular web technologies, PHP (programming language) and MySQL (database). It features an object-oriented, extensible architecture that forms a solid foundation for the further development of the website. An innovative approach to content classification and linking was developed to make the wealth of information accessible to different interest groups.