Calcium Intake Is Weakly but Consistently Negatively Associated with Iron Status in Girls and Women in Six European Countries

AbstractThis paper investigates the relationship between the US military spending and public debt in a panel of European countries in the period 1992–2013. Under the established evidence of the interdependence between US and European military spending, we exploited a dynamic panel estimation. Findings show that the debt of European countries is: (1) positively associated with US military spending; (2) negatively associated with average military burden of other European countries.

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176 Varicocele is negatively associated with semen quality and hormone levels: A study of 7067 men from six European countries

European Urology Supplements ◽

10.1016/s1569-9056(16)60178-1 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. e176 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J. Damsgaard ◽

U.N. Joensen ◽

E. Carlsen ◽

J. Erenpreiss ◽

M.B. Jensen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Semen Quality ◽

European Countries ◽

Negatively Associated ◽

Hormone Levels

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Effect of calcium intake on iron absorption and hematologic status: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of randomized trials and case-cross-over studies

10.1101/2020.09.21.20198358 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ajibola I Abioye ◽

Taofik A Okuneye ◽

Abdul Majeed O Odesanya ◽

Olufunmilola Adisa ◽

Asanat I Abioye ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Serum Ferritin ◽

Dose Response ◽

Calcium Intake ◽

Iron Absorption ◽

Iron Status ◽

Detailed Knowledge ◽

Clinical Effects ◽

Ferritin Concentration ◽

Intermediate Outcomes ◽

Serum Ferritin Concentration

Background: The interaction between dietary (and supplementary) divalent ions has been a long-standing issue in human nutrition research. Developing optimal calcium and iron supplementation recommendation needs detailed knowledge of the potential trade-offs between: a) the clinical effects of concurrent intake on iron absorption and hematological indices, and b) the potentially negative effects of separated ingestion on adherence to either or both iron and calcium supplements. Human clinical studies have examined the effects of calcium intake on iron status, but there are no meta-analyses or recent reviews summarizing the findings. Objective: We aimed to summarize the literature on the effect of calcium consumption from meals and supplements on iron indices in humans, and quantify the pooled effects. Design: Peer-reviewed randomized and case-cross-over studies were included in this review. Result: The negative effect of calcium intake was statistically significant in short-term iron absorption studies but the effect magnitude was low (weighted mean difference (WMD) = -5.57%, (95% CI: -7.09, -4.04)). The effect of calcium on iron status was mixed. There was a quadratic dose-response relationship between calcium intake and serum ferritin concentration. Higher daily calcium intake was associated with a modest reduction in serum ferritin concentration. There was, however, no reduction in hemoglobin concentration (WMD = 1.22g/L, 95% CI: 0.37, 2.07). Conclusion: The existing body of studies is insufficient to make recommendations with high confidence due to heterogeneity in design, limitations of ferritin as an iron biomarker and lack of intake studies in pregnant women. Prescribing separation of prenatal calcium and iron supplements in free living individuals is unlikely to affect the anemia burden. There is a need for effectiveness trials comparing the effects of prescribing separated intake to concurrent intake, with functional end-points as primary outcomes, and adherence to each supplement as intermediate outcomes.

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Intake of Fibre-Associated Foods and Texture Preferences in Relation to Weight Status Among 9–12 Years Old Children in 6 European Countries

Frontiers in Nutrition ◽

10.3389/fnut.2021.633807 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 ◽

Author(s):

Marlies Hörmann-Wallner ◽

Raphaela Krause ◽

Begoña Alfaro ◽

Hannah Jilani ◽

Monica Laureati ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Food Intake ◽

Food Consumption ◽

Weight Status ◽

Important Determinant ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

European Countries ◽

Dried Fruits ◽

Negatively Associated ◽

Plant Foods ◽

Food Texture

Plant foods, rich in fibre, can offer textures that children find difficult to orally manipulate, resulting in low preferences but are important for a healthy diet and prevention of overweight in children. Our aim was to investigate preferences for food texture, intake of fibre-associated foods and the relation to BMI. Three hundred thirty European children (9–12 years, 54% female) indicated their texture preferences using the Child-Food-Texture-Preference- Questionnaire (CFTPQ), and their parents responded on fibre-associated food consumption and anthropometric information. BMI was significantly lower for children with higher intake of wholegrain alternatives of common foods; in addition to being significantly influenced by country and the wearing of a dental brace. Overall BMI-for-age-percentiles (BMI_pct) were negatively associated with the consumption of wholegrain cereals, white pasta and wholemeal products and positively associated with the intake of legumes and white biscuits. In males, BMI_pct were negatively associated with wholegrain products and dried fruits, and in females, positively with legume consumption. A few country-related associations were found for BMI_pct and wholegrain biscuits, seeds and nuts and refined products. No overall correlation was found between BMI_pct and the texture preference of soft/hard foods by CFTPQ, except in Austria. We conclude that this study revealed evidence of a connection between fibre-associated foods and children‘s BMI at a cross-cultural level and that sex is an important determinant of fibre-associated food intake and the development of overweight in childhood.

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Calcium Intake and Health

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu11071606 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (7) ◽

pp. 1606 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Gabriela Cormick ◽

Jose M Belizán

Keyword(s):

Blood Pressure ◽

Low Income ◽

Calcium Intake ◽

Calcium Supplementation ◽

Iron Status ◽

Post Partum ◽

Colorectal Adenomas ◽

Low Income Countries ◽

Lower Blood Pressure ◽

Lower Blood

There are striking inequities in calcium intake between rich and poor populations. Appropriate calcium intake has shown many health benefits, such as reduction of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, lower blood pressure particularly among young people, prevention of osteoporosis and colorectal adenomas, lower cholesterol values, and lower blood pressure in the progeny of mothers taking sufficient calcium during pregnancy. Studies have refuted some calcium supplementation side effects like damage to the iron status, formation of renal stones and myocardial infarction in older people. Attention should be given to bone resorption in post-partum women after calcium supplementation withdrawal. Mechanisms linking low calcium intake and blood pressure are mediated by parathyroid hormone raise that increases intracellular calcium in vascular smooth muscle cells leading to vasoconstriction. At the population level, an increase of around 400–500 mg/day could reduce the differences in calcium intake between high- and middle-low-income countries. The fortification of food and water seems a possible strategy to reach this goal.

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Calcium intake is negatively associated with bone turnover independent of PTH in postmenopausal women

Bone ◽

10.1016/j.bone.2009.01.194 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 44 ◽

pp. S86-S87

Author(s):

K. Nawata ◽

M. Yamauchi ◽

S. Takaoka ◽

M. Imaoka ◽

A. Kageyama ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Bone Turnover ◽

Postmenopausal Women ◽

Calcium Intake ◽

Negatively Associated

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Elderly Suicide in Western Europe 1975–1989: A Different Approach to Durkheim's Theory of Political Integration

OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying ◽

10.2190/b3kq-fxyx-wr7b-yp6w ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 39-48 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Robert M. Fernquist

Keyword(s):

Western Europe ◽

Divorce Rate ◽

The Elderly ◽

European Countries ◽

Political Integration ◽

Book Production ◽

Negatively Associated ◽

Using Data ◽

Elderly Suicide ◽

Religious Book

Using data on attitudes to measure political integration, it was found that political integration and suicide are negatively associated for the elderly in nine western European countries from 1975 to 1989. Also associated with elderly suicide are the divorce rate and deaths due to cirrhosis of the liver. Religious book production, however, was not found to be associated with suicide in the normative manner. Reasons for these associations are discussed.

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Averting robo-bees: why free-flying robotic bees are a bad idea

Emerging Topics in Life Sciences ◽

10.1042/etls20190063 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (6) ◽

pp. 723-729

Author(s):

Roslyn Gleadow ◽

Jim Hanan ◽

Alan Dorin

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Computer Simulation ◽

Food Security ◽

European Countries ◽

Plant Interactions ◽

Plant Insect Interactions ◽

Native Habitat ◽

Insect Pollinators ◽

Insect Interactions

Food security and the sustainability of native ecosystems depends on plant-insect interactions in countless ways. Recently reported rapid and immense declines in insect numbers due to climate change, the use of pesticides and herbicides, the introduction of agricultural monocultures, and the destruction of insect native habitat, are all potential contributors to this grave situation. Some researchers are working towards a future where natural insect pollinators might be replaced with free-flying robotic bees, an ecologically problematic proposal. We argue instead that creating environments that are friendly to bees and exploring the use of other species for pollination and bio-control, particularly in non-European countries, are more ecologically sound approaches. The computer simulation of insect-plant interactions is a far more measured application of technology that may assist in managing, or averting, ‘Insect Armageddon' from both practical and ethical viewpoints.

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