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Title: SUMMING NUTRIENTS FOR BONE HEALTH

Author
item McCabe Sellers, Beverly
item SHARKEY, JOSEPH - TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
item CHAMPAGNE, CATHERINE - DELTA NIRI
item Staggs, Cathleen
item Bogle, Margaret

Submitted to: Meeting Proceedings
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/19/2005
Publication Date: 7/4/2005
Citation: McCabe Sellers, B.J., Sharkey, J.R., Champagne, C.M., Staggs, C.G., Bogle, M.L. 2005. Summing nutrients for bone health [abstract]. Proceedings of Society for Nutrition Education. 37:S29.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The United States Surgeon General issued the first report on osteoporosis in Americans in 2004 with a major emphasis on prevention through better nutrition. The first set of Dietary Reference Intakes in 1997 made recommendations for those nutrients most closely associated with promoting and maintaining bone health: calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, vitamin D, and fluoride. A logical assessment of nutrient intake for bone health would involve these nutrients and has been termed a 'musculoskeletal' index by Sharkey. The purpose of this study was to examine the 24-hour dietary recalls of 572 adults aged 55-95 years in a random digitalized dialed telephone survey of a 36-county area in the Lower Mississippi Delta. Calcium (Ca) intake ranged from 60 to 1671 mg, magnesium (Mg) intake ranged from 0.0 to 927 mg, phosphorus (P) intake ranged from 142 to 4628 mg, and Vitamin D from 0. 0 to 692 I.U. Ten percent (n=58) had no measurable dietary intake of vitamin D. Wide variation exists in the dietary intake of each of these nutrients. A factor analysis of relative nutrient intakes was used to determine a summary musculoskeletal nutrient intake for Ca, Mg, P, and vitamin D. By summing the quartiles of relative intakes of these four nutrients, an assessment of nutrient intake for bone health provides a potential mean of examining risks for osteoporosis and other musculoskeletal disabilities. This project was funded by USDA, ARS Project #6251-53000-004-00D.