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| Weight, nutrition, lifestyle factors and risk for osteoporosis | | Author(s) | Tanya Agurs-Collins, E Lea Watson |
| Journal title | Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, vol 18, no 1, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 15-26 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Menopause ; Nutrition ; Weight ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Osteoporosis ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The influence of dietary calcium intake, body weight, and other lifestyle factors on bone mineral density (BMD) in post-menopausal women is examined. The study used data from a recent cross-sectional study in New Jersey (NJ) of 72 white post-menopausal women who were designated either osteoporotic or non-osteoporotic, based on BMD scores from the dual energy X-Ray absorptiometry scan. Osteoporotic women reported being slender and/or small-boned in stature, confined to the home, taking vitamin D supplements, and had a lower dietary calcium, phosphorus and magnesium intake relative to non-osteoporotic women. An increase in body weight appeared to be a protective factor for osteoporosis. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990518219 A |
| Classmark | CC:BD: CF: 4X6: F: CLO: 7T |
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