Nutritional Aspects of Osteoporosis

Part I Nutrition and development of bone in childhood and adolescence: calcium intake and age influence calcium retention in adolescence; the effect of enhanced bone gain archived with calcium supplementation during ages 12-16 does not persist in late adolescence; skeletal development in young females; teenage girls dietary intake, attitude toward dairy products and bone mineral density one year after the cessation of a dairy product food supplement study; bone growth in childhood and adolescence; calcium intake is not related to the increase of bone mass in professional football players; associations of physical activity and calcium intake with bone characteristics in women; the recommended dietary allowance for calcium is unknown in young healthy adults. Part II Nutrition and genetics: interaction between genetic and nutritional factors; genetics dietary calcium interaction and bone mass; the influence of the vitamin D discharge summary. Part III IGF and nutrition: nutritional regulation of hepatic production of IGF 1; nutritional factors influencing IGF 1 concentration in postmenopausal women. (Part contents).