Lm. Carter et Sj. Whiting, EFFECT OF CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTATION IS GREATER IN PREPUBERTAL GIRLS WITH LOW-CALCIUM INTAKE, Nutrition reviews, 55(10), 1997, pp. 371-373
In a recent calcium supplementation trial, prepubertal girls with spon
taneous calcium intake below 900 mg/day, when given additional calcium
, had greater increases in bone mineral density than other girls. This
lends support to the recently recommended Adequate Intake (Al) of 130
0 mg/day calcium for American and Canadian children, although more stu
dies on long-term effects of this intake level are still needed.