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Calcium Requirements of Infants, Children, and Adolescents

Committee on Nutrition
Pediatrics November 1999, 104 (5) 1152-1157; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.104.5.1152
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    Table 1.

    Dietary Calcium Intake (mg/d) Recommendations in the United States2 ,3*

    Age1997 NAS31994 NIH2
    0 to 6 mo† 210400
    6 mo to 1 y† 270600
    1 through 3 y500800
    4 through 8 y800800 (4–5 y)
    800–1200 (6–8 y)
    9 through 18 y1300800–1200 (9–10 y)
    1200–1500 (11–18 y)
    • * Recommended intakes were provided in different forms by each source cited. The Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released Recommended Dietary Allowances until 1997. In 1997, it chose to use the term adequate intake for the recommendations for calcium intake but indicated that these values were to be used as Recommended Dietary Allowances. The NIH Consensus Conference did not specify a specific term but indicated that these values were the “optimal” intake levels. Dietary recommendations by the NAS are set to meet the needs of 95% of the identified population of healthy subjects. The NAS guideline should be the primary guideline utilized.

    • ↵† For infant values, the 1994 NIH Consensus Conference indicated values for formula-fed infants, whereas the 1997 NAS report used the infant fed human milk as the standard.

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    Table 2.

    Approximate Calcium Contents of 1 Serving of Some Common Foods*

    FoodServing SizeCalcium Content
    Milk† 1 cup240 mL300 mg
    White beans½ cup110 g113 mg
    Broccoli cooked½ cup 71 g 35 mg
    Broccoli raw1 cup 71 g 35 mg
    Cheddar cheese1.5 oz 42 g300 mg
    Low-fat yogurt8 oz240 g300–415 mg
    Spinach cooked‡ ½ cup 90 g120 mg
    Spinach raw‡ 1½ cup 90 g120 mg
    Calcium-fortified orange juice1 cup240 mL300 mg
    Orange1 medium1 medium 50 mg
    Sardines or salmon with bones20 sardines240 g 50 mg
    Sweet potatoes½ cup mashed16044
    • * Adapted from Raper et al,37Weaver,38 ,39 and Weaver and Plawecki.40

    • ↵† Low-fat milk has comparable or greater calcium levels than whole milk.

    • ↵‡ The calcium from spinach is essentially nonbioavailable.

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