Nutritional Influences on Bone Health

Connie M. Weaver, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Nutrition Science at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana.  In 2013, she was bestowed the honor of the Spirit of the Land Grant Award. In 2012 she was selected as the Herbert Newby McCoy recipient, the most prestigious research honor given by Purdue University.  In 2010 she was elected to membership in the Institute of Medicine of The National Academies, of which she is a member of the Food and Nutrition Board.  Also, in 2010 the Women's Global Health Institute (WGHI) was formed at Purdue University with the mission of improving the health of women globally through research and training by proactively identifying the causes and prevention of diseases related to women. For her contributions in teaching, Dr. Weaver was awarded Purdue University's Outstanding Teaching Award.

Part 1. Sarcopenia and Obesity.- Sarcopenia - the concept and its definitions.- Defining sarcopenia .- Obesity, Insulin Resistance and Pediatric Bone.- Influence of sarcopenic and dynapenic obesity on musculoskeletal health and function in older adults.- Part 2. Protein.- Evidence for a Link between Dietary Protein and Bone & Muscle Health in Adults.- Dietary Protein, Exercise and Skeletal Muscle: Is There a Synergistic Effect in Older Adults and the Elderly?.- Part 3. Selected Nutrients.- The Use of Calcium for Phosphate Control in Chronic Kidney Disease.- Vitamin C and Bone Health.- Acid-Base Balance of the Diet -   Implications for Bone.- Vitamin E homologues: current evidence.- Part 4. Bioactives.- Dietary Dried Plum Increases Peak Bone Mass.- Transgenerational Benefits of Soy Isoflavones to Bone Structure in the CD-1 Mouse Model.- A lignan-rich bioactive fraction of Sambucus williamsii Hance exerts oestrogen-like bone protective effects in aged ovariectomized rats and osteoblastic cells.- Prebiotics, Calcium Absorption, and Bone Health.-Prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics and foods with regard to bone metabolism.- Part 5 Vitamin D and Calcium.- Predicting calcium requirements in children.- Assessment of vitamin D status.- Vitamin D in Obesity and Weight Loss.-Vitamin D and Fall Prevention - An Update.- After vitamin D supplementation there is an increase in serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D but no evidence of a threshold response in calcium absorption.- Vitamin D and Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Bone Health: Ancillary Studies in the VITAL Randomized Controlled Trial.- Vitamin D, Exercise, and Health.- Part 6. Dairy.- The potential role of dairy foods in fracture prevention in elderly in aged-care.- Clinical Trial of Dairy in Adolescent Girls: Effect on Bone Accrual.- Part 7. Nutrition, Bone and Special Conditions.- Intestinal Calcium Absorption and Skeletal Health After Bariatric Surgery.- Nutrition, Adolescent Pregnancy and Bone.- Part 8. Recommendations.- Lifestyle Factors That Affect Peak Bone Mass Accrual.- Fracture prevention recommendations for long term care.- Promotion of Bone Friendly Nutrition.