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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

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posted on 2009-03-16, 00:00 authored by K Sanders, Caryl NowsonCaryl Nowson, Mark KotowiczMark Kotowicz, K Briffa, A Devine, I Reid
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.

History

Journal

Medical journal of Australia

Volume

190

Issue

6

Pagination

316 - 320

Publisher

Australasian Medical Pub. Co.

Location

Sydney, N.S.W.

ISSN

0025-729X

eISSN

1326-5377

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2009, Australasian Medical Pub. Co.