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Dietary Behaviors That Place Young Adults at Risk for Future Osteoporosis
Nutrients, Vol.12(6), pp.1-11
2020
PMID: 32560378
Abstract
Dietary behaviors during adolescence and emerging adulthood have important consequences for peak bone mass (PBM) attainment. This study aimed to examine dietary factors that are either beneficial or detrimental to bone health and determine the major sources of calcium in the diets of a sample of young adults. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 189 Australians aged 18-30 years. Three-day dietary intakes were collected using consecutive 24 h recall interviews. Daily totals for energy and nutrients and serves for food groups were computed. The proportion contribution of calcium (mg) from different food groups as well as calcium (mg) per portion and per 100 g were calculated. Females and males failed to meet the recommendations for dairy (91%, 82%), fruit (89%, 94%) and vegetables (74%, 86%). Eighty percent were above the recommended daily intake range for sodium. For calcium, 53% of females and 48% of males had intakes below the estimated average requirement (EAR). Milk products and dishes made the highest mean calcium contribution per portion (mg) mean standard deviation (SD), 204 mg (212) and accounted for 30% of calcium intake in females and 35% in males. As young adulthood is the final chance for dietary manipulation before PBM is achieved, these dietary risk factors should be addressed.
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- Title
- Dietary Behaviors That Place Young Adults at Risk for Future Osteoporosis
- Authors
- Alyse Davies (Corresponding Author) - The University of SydneyAnna Rangan - The University of SydneyMargaret Allman-Farinelli - The University of Sydney
- Publication details
- Nutrients, Vol.12(6), pp.1-11
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Date published
- 2020
- DOI
- 10.3390/nu12061800
- ISSN
- 2072-6643
- PMID
- 32560378
- Copyright note
- © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Nutrition & Dietetics
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991104336202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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