vitamin d intake may reduce fracture risk in girls
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

Vitamin D intake may reduce fracture risk in girls

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Vitamin D intake may reduce fracture risk in girls

London - Arabstoday

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, published an article today showing that vitamin D intake can lower stress fracture risk in girls, especially in regards to injuries caused by high impact style activities. Stress fractures are a common injury, often related to sports or physical activity. Essentially, the damage occurs when the bone is not able to withstand the pressure and force it is put under. They can also develop over time from repeated impact that might not initially cause any noticeable injury, but after multiple stress episodes become something of a problem to the bone structure. Whilst it is generally noted that high calcium diets mainly from dairy products are good for bone health and strength, the authors, Kendrin Rc Sc.D., R.D., of Children's Hospital Boston, and colleagues mention in their background study that this assertion does not necessarily hold true. The scientists looked at more than 6,100 pre-adolescent and adolescent girls (age 9 to 15 at baseline) who were a part of the Growing Up Today Study. Over seven years of follow up nearly four percent of the girls were seen to develop stress fractures, and dairy and calcium intake was not found to be a related cause. Conversely though, vitamin D appears to have been particularly important in maintaining healthy bones, able to withstand high impact events, particularly in those girls involved in an hour or more per day of high stress activity. The authors noted that : "In contrast, there was no evidence that calcium and dairy intakes were protective against developing a stress fracture or that soda intake was predictive of an increased risk of stress fracture or confounded the association between dairy, calcium or vitamin D intakes and fracture risk." The authors also note that in a stratified analysis, high calcium intake was associated with a greater risk of developing a stress fracture, although they suggest that "unexpected finding" warrants more study. The authors conclude that their findings support the Institute of Medicine's recent increase in the recommended dietary allowance for vitamin D for adolescents from 400 IU/d to 600 IU/d. Obviously, further studies are needed, especially in regards to showing that boys have the same result, but considering the growing number of children with lactose intolerance, problems and the possible misnomer about dairy products that has been uncovered, Sonneville et. al have certainly come up with some useful and enlightening information.

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

vitamin d intake may reduce fracture risk in girls vitamin d intake may reduce fracture risk in girls

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

vitamin d intake may reduce fracture risk in girls vitamin d intake may reduce fracture risk in girls

 



GMT 02:35 2017 Saturday ,12 August

Saudi-led Coalition offers to reopen Sanaa airport

GMT 12:36 2017 Sunday ,10 September

Alba holds leadership skills workshop

GMT 01:21 2017 Thursday ,09 March

Iraqi forces retake government HQ, museum in Mosul

GMT 14:18 2017 Saturday ,04 November

Love-all as Wozniacki announces engagement

GMT 21:07 2017 Saturday ,23 September

Asteroid-bound spacecraft zips by Earth for gravity boost

GMT 05:46 2017 Monday ,13 February

All-new Hyundai i30 wins top design award

GMT 10:40 2018 Friday ,19 January

Pique extends Barcelona deal to 2022

GMT 08:40 2018 Wednesday ,17 January

Strong euro 'source of uncertainty' for ECB

GMT 03:24 2016 Friday ,17 June

Russia in IAAF dock ahead of Rio Olympics

GMT 23:47 2017 Saturday ,16 December

Aung San Suu Kyi wants to run for president

GMT 20:19 2017 Monday ,13 February

Emergency crews work to seal California spillway
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday