Recommendations for Dietary Calcium intake and Bone Health: the Role of Health Literacy

2016 ◽  
Vol 06 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah MH ◽  
Julie AP
Keyword(s):  
Health Literacy ◽  
Bone Health ◽  
Calcium Intake ◽  
Dietary Calcium ◽  
Dietary Calcium Intake

scholarly journals Dietary Calcium Intake, Vitamin D Status, and Bone Health in Postmenopausal Women in Rural Pakistan

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola M Lowe ◽  
Basma Ellahi ◽  
Qudsia Bano ◽  
Sonia Ali Bangash ◽  
Soma R Mitra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Postmenopausal Women ◽  
Bone Health ◽  
Calcium Intake ◽  
Dietary Calcium ◽  
Dietary Calcium Intake ◽  
Vitamin D Status ◽  
Rural Pakistan

scholarly journals Dietary Calcium Intake and Fat Mass in Spanish Young Adults: The Role of Muscle Strength

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 4498
Author(s):  
Ana Torres-Costoso ◽  
Vicente Martínez-Vizcaíno ◽  
Rubén Fernández-Rodríguez ◽  
Irene Sequí-Dominguez ◽  
Sara Reina-Gutiérrez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Muscle Strength ◽  
Fat Mass ◽  
Calcium Intake ◽  
Dietary Calcium ◽  
Dietary Calcium Intake ◽  
Strength Index ◽  
Mass Percentage ◽  
The Relationship

Obesity is declared as a chronic multifaceted health problem, and young adults may be particularly vulnerable to weight gain. This study aims to identify the role of dietary calcium intake and the muscle strength index in handling excess of fat mass in young adults and to examine if the relationship between dietary calcium intake and fat mass percentage is mediated by muscle strength. A cross-sectional study including 355 Spanish college students (aged 21.05 ± 3.11) was performed during the 2017–2018 academic year. Pearson correlation coefficients were estimated to determine the relationship between dietary calcium intake, fat mass percentage, body mass index, muscle strength components, and total energy intake. ANCOVA models were used to analyze the differences in the muscle strength index by total dietary calcium intake categories, as well as the differences in % fat mass by total dietary calcium intake and muscle strength index categories, controlling for different sets of confounders. A mediator analysis was conducted to test if the relationship between dietary calcium intake and fat mass percentage was explained by muscle strength. Data on the fat mass percentage, dietary calcium intake, and muscle strength index as the sum of the standardized z-score of the standing long jump and z-score of handgrip/weight were collected. The muscle strength index was significantly better in young adults with higher dietary calcium intake. Moreover, the fat mass percentage was significantly lower in those with a higher dietary calcium intake and a better muscle strength index. Finally, the relationship between dietary calcium intake and fat mass percentage was fully mediated by muscle strength (z = −1.90; p < 0.05), explaining 33.33% of this relationship. This study suggests that both a major dietary calcium intake and muscle strength are associated with fat mass percentage. Moreover, muscle strength mediates the link between dietary calcium intake and fat mass percentage. Therefore, both high dietary calcium intake and exercise activities aimed at improving muscle strength levels may help to prevent the cardiometabolic risk associated with an excess of fat mass in young people.

scholarly journals Do Vitamin D Level and Dietary Calcium Intake Modify the Association Between Loop Diuretics and Bone Health?

2019 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadaf Oliai Araghi ◽  
Jessica C. Kiefte-de Jong ◽  
Katerina Trajanoska ◽  
Fjorda Koromani ◽  
Fernando Rivadeneira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Bone Health ◽  
Calcium Intake ◽  
Trabecular Bone Score ◽  
Dietary Calcium ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Loop Diuretics ◽  
Dietary Calcium Intake ◽  
Mineral Density ◽  
Dxa Scan

Abstract Loop diuretics (LD) may affect bone health by inhibiting renal calcium reuptake. However, whether vitamin D status and dietary calcium intake modify the association between LD and bone outcome is unclear. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate whether vitamin D level or calcium intake modify the association between LD and various indices of bone health including bone mineral density (BMD) and Trabecular Bone Score (TBS). From The Rotterdam Study, a prospective population-based cohort study, we used data from 6990 participants aged > 45 year with a DXA scan (2002–2008), 6908 participants with femoral neck (FN)-BMD, 6677 participants with lumbar spine (LS)-BMD and 6476 participants with LS-TBS measurements. Use of LD was available from pharmacy dispensing records. Vitamin D (25(OH)D) level was measured in serum, and dietary calcium intake was measured with a validated food frequency questionnaire. Almost eight percent of the participants used LD. The association between LD (past-users compared to never-users) and LS-TBS was significantly different by 25(OH)D concentrations (P for interaction = 0.04). A significantly lower LS-TBS among LD past-users was observed for 25(OH)D ≥ 50 nmol/l compared to ≤ 20 and 20–50 nmol/l (β = − 0.036, 95% CI − 0.060; − 0.013 vs. β = − 0.012, 95% CI − 0.036; 0.013 and β = − 0.031, 95% CI − 0.096; 0.034, respectively). However, no other significant effect modification by 25(OH)D and dietary calcium intake was found in the associations between LD use and bone health outcomes (P-interaction > 0.13). This study suggests that the association between LD use and indices of bone health is not consistently modified by vitamin D or dietary calcium intake.

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