Nutrition and Osteoporosis

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. The Gain and Loss of Bone in the Human Life Cycle

   • John F. Aloia

   Pages 1-33

3. Low Bone Mass in Past and Present Aboriginal Populations

   • Susan K. Pfeiffer, Richard A. Lazenby

   Pages 35-51

4. Bone Loss in Animals

   • H. H. Draper

   Pages 53-71

5. The Significance of Habitual Calcium Intake in the Pathogenesis of Peri- and Early Postmenopausal Bone Loss

   • E. C. H. van Beresteijn

   Pages 73-88

6. Osteoporosis in Japan: Factors Contributing to the Low Incidence of Hip Fracture

   • Takuo Fujita

   Pages 89-99

7. Osteoporosis in Asia

   • E. M. C. Lau, J. Woo

   Pages 101-118

8. Calcium and Osteoporosis?

   • D. M. Hegsted

   Pages 119-128

9. Ethnic and Genetic Differences in Susceptibility to Osteoporotic Fractures

   • John J. B. Anderson, William S. Pollitzer

   Pages 129-149

10. Suboptimal Vitamin D Status: a Risk Factor for Osteoporosis?

    • P. Lips

    Pages 151-166

11. Protein Intake and Calcium Homeostasis

    • Jane E. Kerstetter, Lindsay H. Allen

    Pages 167-181

12. The Effects of High Phosphorus Intake on Calcium Homeostasis

    • Mona S. Calvo

    Pages 183-207

13. The Effect of Sodium on Calcium Requirement

    • B. E. Christopher Nordin, Allan G. Need

    Pages 209-230

14. Fluoride in the Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis

    • Jukka A. Inkovaara

    Pages 231-243

15. Bone Mineral Content in Postmenopausal Vegetarians and Omnivores

    • Isabelle F. Hunt

    Pages 245-255

16. The Effect of Obesity on Postmenopausal Bone Loss and the Risk of Osteoporosis

    • Claude Ribot, Florence Trémollières, Jean-Michel Pouillès

    Pages 257-271

17. Exercise and Bone Loss

    • Everett L. Smith, Catherine Gilligan, Lorri J. Tommerup

    Pages 273-285

18. The Menstrual Cycle: Effects on Bone in Menopausal Women

    • Susan I. Barr, Jerilynn C. Prior

    Pages 287-310

19. Back Matter

    Pages 311-313

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Nutrition and Osteoporosis: Seeing Through a Glass, Darkly (1 Cor. 13:12) This volume of Advances in Nutritional Research deals with the present state of knowledge relative to the role of nutrition in the etiology of osteoporosis, one of the most serious degenerative diseases in the aging population. As a back­ drop for subsequent chapters on specific nutrients, Chapter 1 provides a com­ prehensive account of the gain and loss of bone throughout the life cycle, with emphasis on the architectural changes in later life that predispose to osteoporotic bone fractures. Chapter 2 documents the occurrence of aging bone loss through­ out human archeological history and Chapter 3 extends this documentation to all non-human vertebrate species so far examined, including primates living in the wild. It is apparent that a progressive loss of bone tissue is a normal accompaniment of aging among higher vertebrates. Whether it is a cause of bone fractures in animals, as it is in humans, is still unknown. It has also been established that there are significant differences in the frequency of osteoporotic fractures among human families, ethnic groups, national populations and diet cultures. Numerous studies have been carried out in an effort to explain these differences, and many of these deal with the possible effect of nutrition. Protracted controversies over the role of nutrition in the etiology of osteoporosis are reflected in the contents of several of the ensuing chapters.

• Calcium
• Nutrition
• Pathogene
• Phosphor
• Vitamin
• Vitamin D
• bone

From reviews of previous volumes:

`A valuable book that contains material that is not easily assessible elsewhere.'
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

`An excellent insight into current research on nutrition.'

British Medical Journal

• Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

  Harold H. Draper

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