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- Title
Calcium Absorption in Infants and Small Children: Methods of Determination and Recent Findings.
- Authors
Abrams, Steven A.
- Abstract
Determining calcium bioavailability is important in establishing dietary calcium requirements. In infants and small children, previously conducted mass balance studies have largely been replaced by stable isotope-based studies. The ability to assess calcium absorption using a relatively short 24-hour urine collection without the need for multiple blood samples or fecal collections is a major advantage to this technique. The results of these studies have demonstrated relatively small differences in calcium absorption efficiency between human milk and currently available cow milk-based infant formulas. In older children with a calcium intake typical of Western diets, calcium absorption is adequate to meet bone mineral accretion requirements.
- Subjects
ABSORPTION (Physiology); DIETARY calcium; INFANT nutrition; CHILD nutrition; BIOAVAILABILITY; BREAST milk; INFANT formulas; CALCIUM in the body; BLOOD testing
- Publication
Nutrients, 2010, Vol 2, Issue 4, p474
- ISSN
2072-6643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/nu2040474