Calcium, dairy products, and energy balance in overweight adolescents: a controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dairy product and calcium consumption have been associated with modifying body fat and body weight in children and adults.

Objective

In overweight adolescent boys and girls, we aimed to determine the effect of the doubling of habitual calcium intake to the recommended intake from dairy or calcium carbonate on energy balance and purported mechanisms including fecal fat excretion, macronutrient use, and parathyroid hormone suppression.

Design

Twenty-five girls with a mean (±SD) BMI (in kg/m(2)) of 33 ± 5 and 17 boys with a BMI of 28 ± 5, aged 12-15 y, participated in two 3-wk controlled feeding sessions that used a crossover design in random order as a summer research camp. In one session, 756 mg Ca/d was consumed; in the other session, an additional 650 mg C

SUBMITTER: Weaver CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3192471 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature