Succesful symposium held by EUNAAPA at IAGG conference in Bologna (18-4-2011)

The steering committee of EUNAAPA successfully held a symposium at the VII IAGG conference “Healthy and Active Aging for all Europeans II” in Bologna 14th – 17th April 2011 with the title Physical Activity and Ageing: a challenging couple. The symposium covered the broad range of important aspects of physical activity with regard to best practice and implementation. The following speaders covered these topics:

·     Prof. dr. Marijke Hopman-Rock: Physical activity and ageing: a challenging couple: introduction

·     Dr. Ellen Freiberger: Falling and fall prevention: educational issues.

·     Dr. Nina Waaler Loland : Never too late to become active: battle against ageism.

·     Prof. dr. Federico Schena: Good practices in programmes and interventions to stimulate physical activity in older persons.

You can acces the presentations here.