Recent nutritional trends of calcium and vitamin D in East Asia

Hiroaki Ohta; Kazuhiro Uenishi; Masataka Shiraki

doi:10.1016/j.afos.2016.08.002

Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia (Dec 2016)

Recent nutritional trends of calcium and vitamin D in East Asia

Hiroaki Ohta,
Kazuhiro Uenishi,
Masataka Shiraki

Affiliations

Hiroaki Ohta: Department of Clinical Medical Research Center, International University of Health and Welfare, Women's Medical Center of Sanno Medical Center, 8-5-35, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0052, Japan
Kazuhiro Uenishi: Laboratory of Physiological Nutrition, Kagawa Nutrition University, 3-9-21, Chiyoda, Sakado, Saitama, 350-0288, Japan
Masataka Shiraki: Research Institute and Practice for Involutional Diseases, 1610-1, Meisei, Misato, Azumino City, Nagano, 399-8101, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afos.2016.08.002
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 4
pp. 208 – 213

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Calcium intake may play an important role on bone health. The recent national nutritional survey in Japan revealed the gradual decrease in calcium intake to around 480 mg/day. In addition, the patients with low level of vitamin D become too large in proportion. The present perspective proposes to increase calcium intake in Asian population.

Published in Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia

ISSN: 2405-5255 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Korea, Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/osteoporosis-and-sarcopenia/

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