Age considerations in nutrient needs for bone health: older adults.
Current knowledge of the relation between nutrition and bone health in the elderly is sufficient, if applied, to lead to a reduction in fractures in the aged of from 30-60%. The critical nutrients are calcium and vitamin D, and possibly phosphate as well. Additionally, nutritional measures, especially protein repletion, dramatically improve outcomes from hip fracture. Fortunately the indicated interventions have a favorable cost-benefit relationship, especially when skim milk is used as the source of the needed nutrients.
Heaney
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Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska 68178, USA.
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000293:injuries / Q000502:physiology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000008:administration & dosage
D004044:Dietary Proteins; D014807:Vitamin D; D010758:Phosphorus; D002118:Calcium