NUTRITION AND BONE HEALTH

Holick (medicine, Boston University) and Dawson-Hughes (nutrition, Tufts University) present reviews by bone and nutrition specialists on the latest findings regarding the role of nutrition in maintaining a healthy skeleton. Topics range from basics of nutrition and bone biology to bone density testing and the health effects of dietary macronutrients, minerals, and vitamins. The effects of race, lifestyle, and life stage are examined, and data on calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, zinc, phytoestrogens, onions, and omega fatty acids are examined. Each chapter provides balanced coverage of both scientific and clinical aspects of bone health and offers summary conclusions highlighting major findings. The book will be useful for physicians, nurse practitioners, nutritionists, and health educators.