Child Nutrition and Bone Health

Diet, nutrition, and bone health.

Osteoporosis is a debilitating disease that affects many older people. Fragility fractures are the hallmark of osteoporosis. Although nutrition is only 1 of many factors that influence bone mass and fragility fractures, there is an urgent need to develop and implement nutritional approaches and policies for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis that could, with time, offer a foundation f...

2 Pregnancy , Child Nutrition , and Oral Health

Growth and development begin with pregnancy and continue through adolescence and early adulthood. Growth is defined as increases in cell size caused by processes of cell multiplication involving hyperplasia, hypertrophy, and accretion. Development involves a progressive maturation, differentiation, or specialization that results in a final physical, emotional, psychological, and cognitive biolo...

Nutrition and Bone Health in Old Age

Bone Health Nutrition Issues in Aging

Bone health is an important issue in aging. Calcium and vitamin D currently have the most focus in published research on nutrition and bone health in aging, although evidence from published research is not conclusive. A systematic review was conducted to determine the impact of dietary and supplemental interventions focused on calcium and vitamin D over the past 10 years. Using key words to sea...

Prenatal and postnatal nutrition: impact on child health.

DOI:10.1097/MCO.0b013e32836051ad The articles in this paediatric section address nutrition and metabolism during prenatal and postnatal life and their impact on child health. Four articles focus on metabolism and lifestyle during pregnancy and their effects on fetal growth and offspring health. Larqué et al. (pp. 292–297) review present information on the role of the placental transport systems...