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Low bone mass is associated with increased risk of fracture or osteoporosis (Fig. 1). Bone mass increases with age to a peak that, depending on skeletal site, ranges from 16 years to the second or third decade of life. Subsequently, bone mass plateaus and then decreases gradually throughout life at rates of approximately 1%/year. Because bone mass is largely established during adolescence, osteoporosis has been termed a pediatric disease (Chesnut, 1988). One way to focus on improving bone health is to increase our understanding of calcium metabolism in young subjects.
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Wastney, M.E., Martin, B.R., Bryant, R.J., Weaver, C.M. (2003). Calcium Utilization in Young Women: New Insights from Modeling. In: Novotny, J.A., Green, M.H., Boston, R.C. (eds) Mathematical Modeling in Nutrition and the Health Sciences. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 537. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9019-8_13
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