PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - , 
TI  - Calcium Requirements of Infants, Children, and Adolescents
AID  - 10.1542/peds.104.5.1152
DP  - 1999 Nov 01
TA  - Pediatrics
PG  - 1152--1157
VI  - 104
IP  - 5
4099  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/104/5/1152.short
4100  - http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/104/5/1152.full
SO  - Pediatrics1999 Nov 01; 104
AB  - This statement is intended to provide pediatric caregivers with advice about the nutritional needs of calcium of infants, children, and adolescents. It will review the physiology of calcium metabolism and provide a review of the data about the relationship between calcium intake and bone growth and metabolism. In particular, it will focus on the large number of recent studies that have identified a relationship between childhood calcium intake and bone mineralization and the potential relationship of these data to fractures in adolescents and the development of osteoporosis in adulthood. The specific needs of children and adolescents with eating disorders are not considered.