Healthy Eating: Calcium

Abstract

This 3-page fact sheet provides information about the importance of the mineral calcium for older adults. Its role in good health and preventing osteoporosis is discussed, and food sources are presented. It is a minor revision written by Linda B. Bobroff and published by the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, October 2017. FCS8568/FY068: Healthy Eating: Calcium (ufl.edu)

Keywords

• aging
• calcium
• nutrition
• minerals
• osteoporosis
• FY068