Mother And Child Apparatus Know! Not Only Assupan Nutrition, Children Need To Get Used To Physical Activities Prevent Osteoporosis As An Adult

Sports medicine specialist dr. Andi Kurniawan, SpKO at the commemoration of National Osteoporosis Day at Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta/ANTARA

JAKARTA - A sports medicine specialist, dr. Andi Kurniawan, SpKO said, in addition to fulfilling nutritional intake, children also need to get used to their physical activities to prevent osteoporosis when they grow up. "The children must be told to move, carry out high impact activities," Andi said when meeting the media at the National Osteoporosis Day event in Jakarta, Antara, Sunday, October 23. Andi, who is a member of the Association of Sports Medicine Specialists (PDSKO) and the Indonesian Osteoporosis Association (Perosi), explained that humans will experience a peak of bone density at the age of 20-30 years. For this reason, a person needs to'strengthen' from the age of childhood and youth, one of which is by physical activity. The role of parents to invite children to do physical activities is also very necessary, especially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic which makes almost all activities including schools carried out online so that children do not move. According to him,'strengthening bones' since the age of children and adolescents is very good because the bones are still in their growth period. So, by increasing physical activity, growth will be maximized. "The motive is also getting better, the strength of the bone will also get better. That's why there is a term in the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), that osteoporosis is actually a disease that (the cause) because when it was young the density of bones was not optimal," added Andi. For that, he said, parents should not prohibit too much when their child is active. According to him, children should be physically active twice as long as adults. "If physical activity (adults) is 30 minutes per day, five times a week, then children are 60 minutes every day. This means that children have to exercise and move twice as adults," said the doctor who graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia. "Sometimes parents just tell their children to drink milk, even though their children's physical activities must also be really considered. Especially now that children are tutoring and all kinds of things. Try to take them to sports clubs. We support them for any activity, the results will definitely be very good," he concluded.