We all know that a balance diet, varied and healthy influences positively in our health and reduces the risk of many diseases. But, is there a specific diet for osteoarthritis?It is known since a while that Mediterranean Diet has a favorable effect on cardiovascular health,...
When there is overweight, our health is deteriorated, it is no longer just a visual issue. Therefore, losing weight means reducing the risk of suffering or developing diseases and reducing ailments and symptoms. In case of suffering Osteoarthritis, the improvement in the quality of life...
OAFI is the Osteoarthritis Foundation International, the first and only foundation worldwide exclusively dedicated to persons living with osteoarthritis.Created in October 2016 in Barcelona, the Foundation’s goal is to lead the fight against osteoarthritis by promoting education, prevention, treatment and research on areas pertaining to...
300 million people suffer from osteoarthritis all over the world, a figure that has doubled in the past 30 years affecting also the younger population. Obesity, aging, and sports as running or football are among the main causes of this increase. In Spain, the...
PREVENTOMICS development will enable the offering of personalized nutrition tools accessible to everyone, aimed at improving health and preventing the onset of diseases. PREVENTOMICS opens the door to the personalization of treatments for the prevention of noncommunicable diseases through nutrition. The OAFI Foundation has...
Mediterranean diet has been demonstrated to reduce cardiovascular risks, certain subtypes of cancer, chronic disease, and cognitive health. Recently, a bibliographic review developed by a group of several Spanish centers has compiled the existing information on the association between osteoarthritis and the Mediterranean diet. Although...
OAFI attended the 27th International Conference on Sports Rehabilitation and Traumatology, organised by Isokinetic Medical Group which took place at Barcelona's Nou Camp from June 2nd-4th, 2018. More than 3.000 participants met including international experts in both football and sports’ medicine, to share knowledge and...
A team of researchers at the University of Kent, UK, has shown that knee osteoarthritis patients who change their usual diet for a Mediterranean diet for 16 weeks, in addition to losing weight, significantly lower the levels of a pro- Inflammatory molecule on the cartilage,...
