Recent nutritional trends of calcium and vitamin D in East Asia

Hiroaki Ohta; Kazuhiro Uenishi; Masataka Shiraki

doi:10.1016/j.afos.2016.08.002

Recent nutritional trends of calcium and vitamin D in East Asia

Osteoporos Sarcopenia. 2016 Dec;2(4):208-213. doi: 10.1016/j.afos.2016.08.002. Epub 2016 Sep 14.

Authors

Hiroaki Ohta¹, Kazuhiro Uenishi², Masataka Shiraki³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Medical Research Center, International University of Health and Welfare, Women's Medical Center of Sanno Medical Center, 8-5-35, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-0052, Japan.
² Laboratory of Physiological Nutrition, Kagawa Nutrition University, 3-9-21, Chiyoda, Sakado, Saitama, 350-0288, Japan.
³ Research Institute and Practice for Involutional Diseases, 1610-1, Meisei, Misato, Azumino City, Nagano, 399-8101, Japan.

Abstract

Calcium intake may play an important role on bone health. The recent national nutritional survey in Japan revealed the gradual decrease in calcium intake to around 480 mg/day. In addition, the patients with low level of vitamin D become too large in proportion. The present perspective proposes to increase calcium intake in Asian population.

Keywords: Bone; Calcium; Fracture; Vitamin D.

Publication types

Review