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Vitamin D: effects on childhood health and diseaseSteven A Abrams
United States Department of Agriculture Agriculture Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, TX 77030, USA
Nat Rev Endocrinol 9:162-70. 2013..This information can be used in developing both model systems of investigation and clinical trials of vitamin D in children with acute and chronic illnesses...- Vitamin D requirements of children: "all my life's a circle"Steven A Abrams
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Nutr Rev 70:201-6. 2012..More data on the long-term risks and benefits are needed before widespread screening or supplementation can be advocated... 
Effects of ethnicity and vitamin D supplementation on vitamin D status and changes in bone mineral content in infantsSteven A Abrams
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
BMC Pediatr 12:6. 2012..To evaluate the effects on serum 25(OH)D and bone mineralization of supplementation of breast-fed Hispanic and non-Hispanic Caucasian infants with vitamin D in infants in Houston, Texas...
Building bones in babies: can and should we exceed the human milk-fed infant's rate of bone calcium accretion?Steven A Abrams
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
Nutr Rev 64:487-94. 2006..For now, the vitamin-replete breast-fed infant's rate of calcium accretion during the first year of life should be the standard targeted for infant formulas...- Assessing mineral metabolism in children using stable isotopesSteven A Abrams
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
Pediatr Blood Cancer 50:438-41; discussion 451. 2008..Kinetics are assessed with blood and urine collections, usually over 5-10 days. Increased use of these techniques may be important in medical and nutritional assessment as well as in the management of pediatric oncology patients... - A combination of prebiotic short- and long-chain inulin-type fructans enhances calcium absorption and bone mineralization in young adolescentsSteven A Abrams
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 82:471-6. 2005..Results have been inconsistent; however, and no studies have been conducted to determine whether this effect persists with long-term use... - An inulin-type fructan enhances calcium absorption primarily via an effect on colonic absorption in humansSteven A Abrams
Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Nutr 137:2208-12. 2007..This benefit to ITF may be especially important when absorption in the small intestine is impaired for anatomic or physiological reasons... - Effect of prebiotic supplementation and calcium intake on body mass indexSteven A Abrams
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, and Texas Children s Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
J Pediatr 151:293-8. 2007..To assess the effects of a prebiotic supplement and usual calcium intake on body composition changes during pubertal growth... - Relationships among vitamin D levels, parathyroid hormone, and calcium absorption in young adolescentsSteven A Abrams
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:5576-81. 2005..Evidence suggests that vitamin D status in adults, as assessed by serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD), is positively associated with calcium absorption fraction and inversely associated with serum PTH. Few comparable pediatric data exist... - In utero physiology: role in nutrient delivery and fetal development for calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin DSteven A Abrams
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 85:604S-607S. 2007.... - Vitamin D receptor Fok1 polymorphisms affect calcium absorption, kinetics, and bone mineralization rates during pubertySteven A Abrams
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Bone Miner Res 20:945-53. 2005..It seems that the Fok1 polymorphism directly affects bone mineralization during pubertal growth through an effect on calcium absorption... - Height and height Z-score are related to calcium absorption in five- to fifteen-year-old girlsSteven A Abrams
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:5077-81. 2005..Understanding the relationship between calcium absorption and growth has been limited. We have developed a database of calcium absorption measurements in 315 girls aged 5.0-15.0 yr... - Postnatal vitamin A supplementation in developing countries: an intervention whose time has come?Steven A Abrams
Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates St, Houston TX 77030
Pediatrics 122:180-1. 2008 - Higher serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in school-age children are inconsistently associated with increased calcium absorptionSteven A Abrams
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 94:2421-7. 2009..Increasing serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) in adults may enhance calcium absorption (Ca-abs). There are few similar pediatric data leading to uncertainty about the optimal target for 25-OHD to maximize Ca-abs... - Setting Dietary Reference Intakes with the use of bioavailability data: calciumSteven A Abrams
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 91:1474S-1477S. 2010..In children, it is important to use data obtained at the age and pubertal status being evaluated rather than to interpolate from data performed in other age groups... - Calcium absorption in infants and small children: methods of determination and recent findingsSteven A Abrams
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Nutrients 2:474-80. 2010..In older children with a calcium intake typical of Western diets, calcium absorption is adequate to meet bone mineral accretion requirements... - What are the risks and benefits to increasing dietary bone minerals and vitamin D intake in infants and small children?Steven A Abrams
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Annu Rev Nutr 31:285-97. 2011..There is no evidence to support high-dose bone mineral supplementation or high-dose vitamin D supplementation in infancy, and controlled trials are needed before these can be advocated... - Calcium and vitamin D requirements for optimal bone mass during adolescenceSteven A Abrams
Department of Pediatrics, USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care 14:605-9. 2011..A series of research studies published in 2010 and 2011, mostly not included in the IOM report, have further addressed these issues... - Magnesium retention in 12 to 48 month-old childrenIan J Griffin
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, 1100 Bates St, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Am Coll Nutr 27:349-55. 2008..In adults, adaptation to changes in magnesium intake is largely due to changes in fractional magnesium absorption and urinary magnesium excretion. We sought to examine whether these homeostatic mechanism also occurred in young children... - Zinc homeostasis in 1-4 year olds consuming diets typical of US childrenIan J Griffin
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Br J Nutr 98:358-63. 2007..Zn retention was positively correlated with intake. A Zn intake between 4.2 and 4.7 mg/d should meet the requirement for normal growth for this age group... - Orange but not apple juice enhances ferrous fumarate absorption in small childrenKimberly S Balay
Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 50:545-50. 2010..Ferrous fumarate is a common, inexpensive iron form increasingly used instead of ferrous sulfate as a food iron supplement. However, few data exist as to whether juices enhance iron absorption from ferrous fumarate... - Calcium balance in 1-4-y-old childrenMary Frances Lynch
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 85:750-4. 2007..Few calcium balance data are available from young children on which to base dietary recommendations... - Bioavailability of iron and zinc from a multiple micronutrient-fortified beverageAna M Avalos Mishaan
USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, and Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, 77030, USA
J Pediatr 145:26-31. 2004..Food has a small inhibitory effect on iron, but not zinc, absorption; therefore, these beverages can be efficacious even when given with a meal... - Iron deficiency, but not anemia, upregulates iron absorption in breast-fed peruvian infantsPenni D Hicks
U S Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Nutr 136:2435-8. 2006..Infants with low iron status upregulate iron absorption from breast milk at both 5-6 and 9-10 mo of age... - Pubertal girls only partially adapt to low dietary calcium intakesSteven A Abrams
U S Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
J Bone Miner Res 19:759-63. 2004..We found partial adaptation to low intakes but a persistent large deficit relative to recommended intakes. Low calcium intakes pose a substantial risk of inadequate calcium retention... - Total calcium absorption is similar from infant formulas with and without prebiotics and exceeds that in human milk-fed infantsPenni D Hicks
Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
BMC Pediatr 12:118. 2012..1) To evaluate calcium absorption in infants fed a formula containing prebiotics (PF) and one without prebiotics (CF). 2) To compare calcium absorption from these formulas with a group of human milk-fed (HM) infants... - Bone markers, calcium metabolism, and calcium kinetics during extended-duration space flight on the mir space stationScott M Smith
Human Adaptation and Countermeasures Office, NASA Lyndon B Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX 77058, USA
J Bone Miner Res 20:208-18. 2005..Bone markers, calcitropic hormones, and calcium kinetics of crew members on space missions of 4-6 months were evaluated. Spaceflight-induced bone loss was associated with increased bone resorption and decreased calcium absorption... - Perturbed zinc homeostasis in rural 3-5-y-old Malawian children is associated with abnormalities in intestinal permeability attributed to tropical enteropathyMicah J Manary
Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, and St Louis Children s Hospital, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Pediatr Res 67:671-5. 2010..62, p<0.001). Net zinc retention (0.67+/-1.6 mg/d) was negatively correlated with the L:M (r=-0.47, p=0.02). This suggests that perturbed zinc homeostasis is associated with subclinical enteropathy in these children... - Supplementation with 1000 IU vitamin D/d leads to parathyroid hormone suppression, but not increased fractional calcium absorption, in 4-8-y-old children: a double-blind randomized controlled trialSteven A Abrams
USDA Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Am J Clin Nutr 97:217-23. 2013..The effects of vitamin D supplementation in healthy prepubertal children on physiologic outcomes have not been investigated... - Calcium absorption in very low birth weight infants with and without bronchopulmonary dysplasiaPenni D Hicks
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
J Pediatr 158:885-890.e1. 2011..To evaluate the effects of early bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) on calcium (Ca) metabolism and growth in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants... - Iron absorption is more closely related to iron status than to daily iron intake in 12- to 48-mo-old childrenMary Frances Lynch
Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Nutr 137:88-92. 2007..Although zinc intake may affect iron absorption from a meal, it does not appear to have a detectable effect on overall iron status in otherwise well-nourished children... - Safety and efficacy of human milk fortification for very-low-birthweight infantsKeli M Hawthorne
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
Nutr Rev 62:482-5. 2004..Methods for human milk fortification have been evaluated, and recent studies have demonstrated the safety of these fortifiers... - Young adolescents who respond to an inulin-type fructan substantially increase total absorbed calcium and daily calcium accretion to the skeletonSteven A Abrams
U S Department of Agriculture ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Nutr 137:2524S-2526S. 2007..Increased intake of ITF may be an important aspect of a multifaceted approach to enhancing peak bone mass... - Metabolic adaptations to low zinc intakes in premenarcheal girlsIan J Griffin
Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 80:385-90. 2004..Zinc deficiency is increasingly recognized as an important cause of mortality and morbidity. Children in developing countries are at especially high risk because of relatively low zinc intakes and poor bioavailability... - Effect of beef and soy proteins on the absorption of non-heme iron and inorganic zinc in childrenPaz Etcheverry
USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Am Coll Nutr 25:34-40. 2006..The inhibitory effect of the soy based meal on iron and zinc absorption could be overcome by fortifying the soy protein with these minerals during the production process... - Normal acquisition and loss of bone massSteven A Abrams
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, Tex 77030, USA
Horm Res 60:71-6. 2003..Throughout adulthood, calcium absorption efficiency from the diet gradually declines... - Methodological considerations in measuring human calcium absorption: relevance to study the effects of inulin-type fructansIan J Griffin
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, and Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Br J Nutr 93:S105-10. 2005..In addition, the limitations the different methods have in examining the possible effects of non-digestible oligosaccharides on Ca absorption will be discussed... - Adaptation of calcium absorption during treatment of nutritional rickets in Nigerian childrenGloria E Oramasionwu
Department of Pediatrics, USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Br J Nutr 100:387-92. 2008..These data demonstrate that although absorptive capacity is regulated by supplementation, recovery from rickets likely occurs through efficient use of both dietary and supplemental Ca... - Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation of orange juice increases plasma phospholipid DHA content of childrenKeli M Hawthorne
Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates 7074, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 109:708-12. 2009..77); reaching levels similar to or greater than content of breastfed infants. Thus, DHA supplementation of juice at either 50 mg/day or 100 mg/day for 6 weeks was effective in increasing plasma phospholipid DHA contents of children... - Calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and vitamin D fortification of complementary foodsSteven A Abrams
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Nutr 133:2994S-9S. 2003..It is unlikely that phosphorus supplementation is needed for most population groups because of the relatively high usual dietary phosphorus intakes, primarily from phosphate salts added to carbonated beverages and as food preservatives... - High frequencies of elevated alkaline phosphatase activity and rickets exist in extremely low birth weight infants despite current nutritional supportShannon M Mitchell
Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
BMC Pediatr 9:47. 2009..Our objectives in this study were to determine the relationship between birth weight (BW) and peak serum alkaline phosphatase activity (P-APA) in ELBW infants and evaluate our experience with the diagnosis of rickets in these infants... - Methodological issues in stable isotope-based kinetic studies in childrenIan J Griffin
USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center and Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Adv Exp Med Biol 537:117-30. 2003 - High resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry allows rapid assessment of iron absorption in infants and childrenZhensheng Chen
U S Department of Agriculture ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Nutr 135:1790-5. 2005..5% and analytical time < 5 min. This technique may assist groups in increasing their use of stable isotope methods to assess iron absorption in infants and children... - Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometric analysis of calcium isotopes in human serum: a low-sample-volume acid-equilibration methodZhensheng Chen
US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Children s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Clin Chem 49:2050-5. 2003..This method was time-consuming, and the blood volume required was limiting in circumstances when only a small amount of serum could be obtained... - Zinc metabolism in adolescents with Crohn's diseaseIan J Griffin
USDA ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, 1100 Bates Street, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, U S A
Pediatr Res 56:235-9. 2004..Despite this, they were unable to reduce endogenous fecal zinc excretion to restore normal zinc balance and had a significantly worse zinc balance and lower plasma zinc concentration than controls... - Effect of orange and apple juices on iron absorption in childrenMalika Shah
Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:1232-6. 2003.... - A multinutrient-fortified beverage enhances the nutritional status of children in BotswanaSteven A Abrams
U S Department of Agriculture ARS Children s Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
J Nutr 133:1834-40. 2003..7 micro mol/L) in both groups, did not change. We conclude that a micronutrient-fortified beverage may be beneficial as part of a comprehensive nutritional supplementation program in populations at risk for micronutrient deficiencies... - An educational program enhances food label understanding of young adolescentsKeli M Hawthorne
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 106:913-6. 2006..0001, Fisher's exact test) after the educational session. In conclusion, young adolescents can learn how to read and understand the Nutrition Facts labels through educational sessions... - Calcium supplementation during childhood: long-term effects on bone mineralizationSteven A Abrams
Department of Pediatrics, Bates Street, 4008 D, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Nutr Rev 63:251-5. 2005..Ultimately, individualized risk assessment will be developed based on genetic and lifestyle factors that can be used to guide optimal calcium intake during childhood... - High rates of mortality and morbidity occur in infants with parenteral nutrition-associated cholestasisTheresa C Willis
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center and Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 34:32-7. 2010..The authors evaluated a cohort of infants at a large center to determine the outcome of PN-associated cholestasis in infants with some gastrointestinal function... - High rates of resolution of cholestasis in parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease with fish oil-based lipid emulsion monotherapyMuralidhar H Premkumar
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Pediatr 162:793-798.e1. 2013..To determine factors leading to resolution of cholestasis in patients with parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease treated with fish oil-based lipid emulsion (FOLE)... - Calcium and zinc absorption from lactose-containing and lactose-free infant formulasSteven A Abrams
US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Children s Nutrition Research Center and Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children s Hospital, Houston 77030 2600, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 76:442-6. 2002..Calcium absorption is enhanced by the presence of lactose, but the quantitative significance of this effect in infant formulas is uncertain. It is also not known whether lactose affects zinc absorption... - Iron absorption in breast-fed infants: effects of age, iron status, iron supplements, and complementary foodsMagnus Domellöf
Department of Clinical Sciences, Pediatrics, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Am J Clin Nutr 76:198-204. 2002..Iron supplements are often recommended for older breast-fed infants, but little is known about factors affecting iron absorption from human milk or supplements... - Cofortification of iron-fortified flour with zinc sulfate, but not zinc oxide, decreases iron absorption in Indonesian childrenSusilowati Herman
Nutrition Research and Development Center, Bogor, Indonesia
Am J Clin Nutr 76:813-7. 2002..1 +/- 8.2% compared with 23.7 +/- 11.2%; P = 0.87). CONCLUSIONS: Iron and zinc appear to be highly bioavailable from foods made from fortified flour, but zinc sulfate cofortification may have a detrimental effect on iron absorption... - Maternal iron status influences iron transfer to the fetus during the third trimester of pregnancyKIMBERLY O O'BRIEN
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 77:924-30. 2003..The effect of maternal iron status on fetal iron deposition is uncertain... - The poor bioavailability of elemental iron in corn masa flour is not affected by disodium EDTATomas Walter
Micronutrient Laboratory and Hematology Unit, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, INTA University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
J Nutr 134:380-3. 2004..We conclude that H(2)-reduced iron powder is an ineffective fortificant in corn tortillas... - Improved estimation of the calcium content of total digestive secretionsRobert P Heaney
Osteoporosis Research Center, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska 68131, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:1193-5. 2004..The partition described facilitated derivation of a formula to calculate TIC for any paired values of EFC and AbsFx, i.e. TIC = EFC/[0.223 + 0.777 (1 - AbsFx)]... - Effects of potassium alkali and calcium supplementation on bone turnover in postmenopausal womenKhashayar Sakhaee
Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390 8885, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:3528-33. 2005..In postmenopausal women, combined treatment with potassium citrate and calcium citrate inhibits bone resorption by providing an alkali load and increasing absorbed calcium... - The addition of milk or yogurt to a plant-based diet increases zinc bioavailability but does not affect iron bioavailability in womenJorge L Rosado
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico
J Nutr 135:465-8. 2005..The total amount of iron absorbed did not differ among the groups. The addition of milk and yogurt to a plant-based diet high in phytate increases zinc bioavailability without affecting iron bioavailability... - Effects of oligofructose-enriched inulin on intestinal absorption of calcium and magnesium and bone turnover markers in postmenopausal womenLeah Holloway
Clinical Studies Unit and Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, USA
Br J Nutr 97:365-72. 2007..Further research is needed to determine why a greater response was found in women with lower initial spine bone mineral density... - Ferrous sulfate is more bioavailable among preschoolers than other forms of iron in a milk-based weaning food distributed by PROGRESA, a national program in MexicoAna B Perez-Exposito
Center for Research in Nutrition and Health, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Cuernavaca, Mexico
J Nutr 135:64-9. 2005..Ferrous sulfate was more bioavailable than either ferrous fumarate or reduced iron + Na(2)EDTA when added to the milk-based fortified food and more readily met the average daily iron requirements for children 2-3 y of age... - Calcium absorption in Nigerian children with ricketsMariaelisa Graff
Department of Foods and Nutrition, University of Utah, Salt Lake City and Chemical Pathology, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria
Am J Clin Nutr 80:1415-21. 2004..Calcium absorption may be inadequate to meet the skeletal demands of children with rickets during the active phase of the disease, despite being similar to that of control children... - Bone calcium turnover during pregnancy and lactation in women with low calcium diets is associated with calcium intake and circulating insulin-like growth factor 1 concentrationsCarmen M Donangelo
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 83:317-23. 2006..Increased dietary calcium intake was associated with improved calcium balance; therefore, greater calcium intakes may minimize bone loss across pregnancy and lactation in women with habitual intakes of <500 mg calcium/d... - Na2EDTA enhances the absorption of iron and zinc from fortified rice flour in Sri Lankan childrenManjula Hettiarachchi
Nuclear Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka
J Nutr 134:3031-6. 2004.... - Kinetic parameters and plasma zinc concentration correlate well with net loss and gain of zinc from menNicola M Lowe
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston PR1 2HE, UK
J Nutr 134:2178-81. 2004.... - Nutritional impact of elevated calcium transport activity in carrotsJay Morris
Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77845, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105:1431-5. 2008..Both the mice and human feeding studies demonstrate increased calcium absorption from sCAX1-expressing carrots compared with controls. These results demonstrate an alternative means of fortifying vegetables with bioavailable calcium... - Iron incorporation and post-malaria anaemiaConor P Doherty
Nutrition Program, Keneba Field Station, Medical Research Council, Fajara, The Gambia
PLoS ONE 3:e2133. 2008..Malaria induces an intense inflammatory reaction that stalls reticulo-endothelial macrophagal iron recycling from haemolysed red blood cells and inhibits oral iron absorption, but the magnitude and duration of these effects are unclear... - Calcium homeostasis during pregnancy and lactation in Brazilian women with low calcium intakes: a longitudinal studyCarmiña L Vargas Zapata
Facultad de Ciencias Basicas, Universidad del Atlantico, Barranquilla, Colombia
Am J Clin Nutr 80:417-22. 2004..Physiologic adjustments in calcium homeostasis during pregnancy and lactation in women with marginal calcium intakes have not been described... - Exchangeable magnesium pool masses in healthy women: effects of magnesium supplementationChristine Feillet-Coudray
Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine d Auvergne, Unite Maladies Metaboliques et Micronutriments, INRA, Theix, Saint Genes Champanelle, France
Am J Clin Nutr 75:72-8. 2002..Studying magnesium pools in the body with use of stable isotopes may be helpful for evaluating magnesium status. Data on the evaluation of magnesium pools in humans are scarce... - Improving rehydration solutions with human milk proteins: are the benefits worth the challenges?Steven A Abrams
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 44:298-9. 2007 - New approaches to iron fortification: role of bioavailability studiesSteven A Abrams
Am J Clin Nutr 80:1104-5. 2004