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Calcium and Vitamin D for Bone Health in Adults

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Nutrition and Bone Health

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Osteoporotic fractures are common and devastating occurrences. Many lifestyle risk factors for osteoporosis have been identified and, generally speaking, their effects are additive. Low calcium and vitamin D intakes are established risk factors for osteoporosis. This chapter reviews the impact of dietary calcium and vitamin D on calcium homeostasis, examines evidence used to define the intake requirements of these nutrients, and considers their impact on fracture rates, their interface with pharmacotherapy for osteoporosis, and current intake recommendations.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Dermatology, Physiology, and Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Michael F. Holick PhD, MD

  2. Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA

    Bess Dawson-Hughes MD

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Dawson-Hughes, B. (2004). Calcium and Vitamin D for Bone Health in Adults. In: Holick, M.F., Dawson-Hughes, B. (eds) Nutrition and Bone Health. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-740-6_12

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