[Advanced progress on child nutrition and bone development].
The development to maturity of human bone has been achieved facing infants, childhood, adolescents and young adults, undergoing a long time and finally reaching the bone mass to the maximal peak. Recently, most of studies related to osteoporosis emphasized on increasing the peak bone mass attained from childhood or adolescence to young adult. The present paper reviews the factors influenced the peak bone mass, calcium status and bone development, the effect of milk consumption on bone mass and body growth and the prospects on the further studies in this field.
Yin
Shi'an
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National Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D015519:Bone Density; D001846:Bone Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D008892:Milk
D002136:Calcium, Dietary