Calcium in Human Health

• Calcium Functions.- Bone as the Calcium Nutrient Reserve.- Cellular Functions and Fluxes of Calcium.- Techniques for Studying Calcium Metabolism and Its Relationship to Disease.- Nutritional Epidemiology.- Clinical Approaches for Studying Calcium Metabolism and Its Relationship to Disease.- Kinetic Studies.- Calcium Consumption, Requirements, and Bioavailability.- Requirements for What Endpoint?.- Dietary Calcium.- Food Sources, Supplements, and Bioavailability.- Calcium Homeostasis.- The Calcium Economy.- Molecular Regulation of Calcium Metabolism.- Influence of Total Diet on Calcium Homeostasis.- Influence of Lifestyle Choices on Calcium Homeostasis.- Influence of Physical Activity on Calcium and Bone.- The Case for a Calcium Appetite in Humans.- Calicium Through Development.- Infancy and Childhood.- Prepuberty and Adolescence.- Calcium in Pregnancy and Lactation.- Calcium and Disease.- Calcium in Systemic Human Health.- Calcium and Oral Health.- Dietary Calcium and Obesity.- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Reproduction.- Premenstrual Syndrome.- Calcium Throughout the Life Cycle.- Calcium, Vitamin D, and Cancer.- Dietary Calcium and the Metabolic Syndrome.- Calcium and Phosphate Control in Patients With Renal Disease.- Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease.

From the reviews: "This volume, part of the Series Nutrition and Health, reviews in 28 chapters divided into 6 sections, the latest scientific information on the cellular and metabolic functions and need of calcium. ... Each chapter has references ... . A well organized, easy readable text of great actual interest." (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, Vol. 4 (2), 2006-2007)