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Calcium and bone health : position statement for the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society, Osteoporosis Australia and the Endocrine Society of Australia

Sanders, Kerrie M., Nowson, Caryl A., Kotowicz, Mark A., Briffa, Katheryn, Devine, Amanda and Reid, Ian R. 2009, Calcium and bone health : position statement for the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society, Osteoporosis Australia and the Endocrine Society of Australia, Medical journal of Australia, vol. 190, no. 6, pp. 316-320.

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Title Calcium and bone health : position statement for the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society, Osteoporosis Australia and the Endocrine Society of Australia
Author(s) Sanders, Kerrie M.
Nowson, Caryl A.
Kotowicz, Mark A.
Briffa, Katheryn
Devine, Amanda
Reid, Ian R.
Journal name Medical journal of Australia
Volume number 190
Issue number 6
Start page 316
End page 320
Publisher Australasian Medical Pub. Co.
Place of publication Sydney, N.S.W.
Publication date 2009-03-16
ISSN 0025-729X
1326-5377
Summary This position statement was prepared by the Working Group of the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society and Osteoporosis Australia. The final statement was endorsed by the Endocrine Society of Australia.

Currently, the balance of evidence remains in favour of fracture prevention from combined calcium and vitamin D supplementation in elderly men and women.

Adequate vitamin D status is essential for active calcium absorption in the gut and for bone development and remodelling.

In adults with a baseline calcium intake of 500–900 mg/day, increasing or supplementing this intake by a further 500–1000 mg/day has a beneficial effect on bone mineral density.

Calcium intake significantly above the recommended level is unlikely to achieve additional benefit for bone health.
Language eng
Field of Research 111716 Preventive Medicine
111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective 920208 Health Inequalities
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30020089

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