Nutritional Influences on Bone Health

Part I. Sarcopenia and Obesity

1. Sarcopenia: The Concept and Its Definitions
Marjolein Visser

2. Defining Sarcopenia
Bess Dawson-Hughes, Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari

3. Obesity, Insulin Resistance and Pediatric Bone
Richard D. Lewis, Joseph M. Kindler, Emma M. Laing

4. Influence of Sarcopenic and Dynapenic Obesity on Musculoskeletal Health and Function in Older Adults
David Scott

Part II. Protein

5. Evidence for a Link Between Dietary Protein and Bone & Muscle Health in Adults
Marian T. Hannan, Shivani Sahni, Kelsey Mangano

6. Dietary Protein, Exercise and Skeletal Muscle: Is There a Synergistic Effect in Older Adults and the Elderly?
Robin M. Daly

Part III. Selected Nutrients

7. The Use of Calcium for Phosphate Control in Chronic Kidney Disease
Kathleen M. Hill Gallant

8. Vitamin C and Bone Health
Shivani Sahni, Douglas P. Kiel, Marian T. Hannan

9. Acid-Base Balance of the Diet: Implications for Bone
Bess Dawson-Hughes

10. Vitamin E Homologues: Current Evidence
Tiffany C. Yang, Helen M. Macdonald

Part IV. Bioactives

11. Dietary Dried Plum Increases Peak Bone Mass
Mohammad Shahnazari, Bernard Halloran

12. Transgenerational Benefits of Soy Isoflavones to Bone Structure in the CD-1 Mouse Model
Wendy E. Ward, Sandra M. Sacco, Elsa C. Dinsdale, Jovana Kaludjerovic

13. A Lignan-Rich Bioactive Fraction of Sambucus williamsii Hance Exerts Oestrogen-Like Bone Protective Effects in Aged Ovariectomized Rats and Osteoblastic Cells
Hui-Hui Xiao, Man-Sau Wong, Xin-Sheng Yao

14. Prebiotics, Calcium Absorption, and Bone Health
Connie M. Weaver, Steven Jakeman

15. Prebiotics, Probiotics, Synbiotics and Foods with Regard to Bone Metabolism
Katharina E. Scholz-Ahrens

Part V. Vitamin D and Calcium

16. Predicting Calcium Requirements in Children
Connie M. Weaver, Michael Lawlor, George P. McCabe

17. Assessment of Vitamin D Status
Paul Lips, Natasja M. Schoor, Renate T. Jongh

18. Vitamin D in Obesity and Weight Loss
Sue A. Shapses, L. Claudia Pop, Stephen H. Schneider

19. Vitamin D and Fall Prevention: An Update
Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari, Bess Dawson-Hughes

20. After Vitamin D Supplementation There Is an Increase in Serum 25 Hydroxyvitamin D but No Evidence of a Threshold Response in Calcium Absorption
J. Christopher Gallagher, Lynette M. Smith

21. Vitamin D and Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Bone Health: Ancillary Studies in the VITAL Randomized Controlled Trial
Meryl S. LeBoff, Amy Y. Yue, Nancy Cook, Julie Buring, JoAnn E. Manson

22. Vitamin D, Exercise, and Health
Kirsti Uusi-Rasi, Radhika Patil, Christel Lamberg-Allardt

Part VI. Dairy

23. The Potential Role of Dairy Foods in Fracture Prevention in Elderly in Aged-Care
Sandra Iuliano

24. Clinical Trial of Dairy in Adolescent Girls: Effect on Bone Accrual
Joan M. Lappe, Margaret A. Begley, Jean-Claude Des Mangles, Ann Laughlin, Donald J. McMahon, Misty Schwartz

Part VII. Nutrition, Bone and Special Conditions

25. Intestinal Calcium Absorption and Skeletal Health After Bariatric Surgery
Anne L. Schafer

26. Nutrition, Adolescent Pregnancy and Bone
Kimberly O. O’Brien, Cora M. Best

Part VIII. Recommendations

27. Lifestyle Factors That Affect Peak Bone Mass Accrual: Summary of a Recent Scientific Statement and Systematic Review by the National Osteoporosis Foundation
Connie M. Weaver, Catherine M. Gordon, Kathleen F. Janz, Heidi J. Kalkwarf, Joan M. Lappe, Richard Lewis, Megan O’Karma, Taylor C. Wallace, Babette S. Zemel

28. Fracture Prevention Recommendations for Long Term Care
Hope A. Weiler

29. Promotion of Bone-Friendly Nutrition
Peter Burckhardt

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Clinical Nutrition, Diabetes, Rheumatology