The association between dietary protein intake and bone mass accretion in pubertal girls with low calcium intakes

• Main Authors: Qian, Zhang, Guansheng, Ma, Heather, Greenfield, Kun, Zhu, Xueqin, Du, Leng, Huat Foo, Xiaoqi, Hu, David, R. Fraser
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2010
• Subjects: TX341-641 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/36126/1/Foo_LH_BJN_2010.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/36126/; http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0007-1145/

To assess the association between protein intakes and bone mass accrual in girls, data were analysed for 757 pre-pubertal girls (mean age 10·1 years) in urban Beijing, China, who participated in a 5-year study including 2 years of milk supplementation (intervention groups only) and 3 years of foll...