Calcium in Human Health

The authors are encouraged to provide an overview of the field, discuss their own research, and relate the research findings to potential human health consequences.

Introduction Connie M. Weaver and Robert P. Heaney I. Calcium Functions Bone as the Calcium Nutrient Reserve Robert P. Heaney Cellular Functions and Fluxes of Calcium Emmanuel M. Awumey and Richard D. Bukoski II. Techniques for Studying Calcium Metabolism and Its Relationship to Disease Nutritional Epidemiology: Dietary Assessment Methods Carol J. Boushey Clinical Approaches for Studying Calcium Metabolism and Its Relationship to Disease Connie M. Weaver Kinetic Studies Meryl E. Wastney, Yongdong Zhao, and Connie M. Weaver III. Calcium Consumption, Requirements, and Bioavailability Requirements for What Endpoint? Robert P. Heaney and Connie M. Weaver Dietary Calcium: Recommendations and Intakes Around the World Anne C. Looker Food Sources, Supplements, and Bioavailability Connie M. Weaver and Robert P. Heaney IV. Calcium Homeostasis The Calcium Economy Robert P. Heaney Molecular Regulation of Calcium Metabolism James C. Fleet Influence of Total Diet on Calcium Homeostasis Zamzam K. (Fariba) Roughead Influence of Lifestyle Choices on Calcium Homeostasis: Smoking, Alcohol, and Hormone Therapies D. Lee Alekel, and Oksana Matvienko Influence of Physical Activity on Calcium and Bone Matthew Vukovich and Bonny Specker The Case for a Calcium Appetite in Humans Michael G. Tordoff V. Calcium Through Development Infancy and Childhood Steven A. Abrams and Keli M. Hawthorne Pre-Puberty and Adolescence Connie M. Weaver Calcium in Pregnancy and Lactation Heidi J. Kalkwarf VI. Calcium and Disease Calcium in Systemic Human Health Robert P. Heaney Calcium and Oral Health Elizabeth A. Krall Dietary Calcium and Obesity Dorothy Teegarden Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Reproduction Susan Thys-Jacobs Premenstrual Syndrome Susan Thys-Jacobs Calcium Throughout the Life Cycle: The Later Years Bess Dawson-Hughes Calcium, Vitamin D, and Cancer Peter R. Holt Dietary Calcium and the Metabolic Syndrome Dorothy Teegarden Calcium and Phosphate Control in Patients With Renal Disease David A. McCarron and Robert P. Heaney Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease David A. McCarron Appendices Index