Dietary calcium intake and adiposity in children and adolescents: cross-sectional and longitudinal results from IDEFICS/I.Family cohort

Studies in children and adolescents suggested that higher dairy consumption may exert a protective effect on adiposity. However, only few studies examined the association between dietary calcium intake and body mass measures with conflicting results. We evaluated the association between total dietary calcium, calcium from dairy and non-dairy sources and anthropometric indices in a large European cohort of children and adolescents.

Source: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases : NMCD - February 5, 2019 Category: Nutrition Authors: Annunziata Nappo, Sonia Sparano, Timm Intemann, Yannis A. Kourides, Lauren Lissner, Denes Molnar, Luis A. Moreno, Valeria Pala, Isabelle Sioen, Toomas Veidebaum, Maike Wolters, Alfonso Siani, Paola Russo Source Type: research