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The 2011 report on dietary reference intakes for calcium and vitamin D.

A. Catharine Ross
- 01 May 2011 - 
- Vol. 14, Iss: 5, pp 938-939
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This article is published in Public Health Nutrition.The article was published on 2011-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 291 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Dietary Reference Intake & Nutrition facts label.

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Osteoporosis in the European Union: medical management, epidemiology and economic burden. A report prepared in collaboration with the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industry Associations (EFPIA).

TL;DR: In spite of the high social and economic cost of osteoporosis, a substantial treatment gap and projected increase of the economic burden driven by the aging populations, the use of pharmacological interventions to prevent fractures has decreased in recent years, suggesting that a change in healthcare policy is warranted.
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Vitamin D for Health: A Global Perspective

TL;DR: There is potentially a great upside to increasing the vitamin D status of children and adults worldwide for improving musculoskeletal health and reducing the risk of chronic illnesses, including some cancers, autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases, type 2 diabetes mellitus, neurocognitive disorders and mortality.
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High doses of vitamin D to reduce exacerbations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized trial.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored whether supplementing with high doses of vitamin D could reduce the incidence of COPD exacerbations and found that the effect of high-dose vitamin D supplements may extend beyond preventing osteoporosis.
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Impact of vitamin D on immune function: lessons learned from genome-wide analysis

TL;DR: The impact of intracrine vitamin D metabolism on both innate and adaptive immunity is discussed, whilst introducing the concept of disease-specific corruption ofitamin D metabolism and how this may alter the requirements for vitamin D in maintaining a healthy immune system in humans.
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Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D

TL;DR: The evidence supported a role for these nutrients in bone health but not in other health conditions, and there is emerging evidence that too much of these nutrients may be harmful.
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DRI, Dietary reference intakes : the essential guide to nutrient requirements

TL;DR: Dietitians, community nutritionists, nutrition educators, nutritionists working in government agencies, and nutrition students at the postsecondary level, as well as other health professionals, will find Dietary Reference Intakes: The Essential Reference for Dietary Planning and Assessment an invaluable resource.
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Dietary Reference Intakes for vitamin D: justification for a review of the 1997 values

TL;DR: A working group of US and Canadian government scientists concluded that significant new and relevant research was available for reviewing the existing DRIs for vitamin D while leaving the decision of whether the new research will result in changes to the current DRIs to a future IOM-convened DRI committee.
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Highlights of 'a model for establishing upper levels of intake for nutrients and related substances: report of a Joint FAO/WHO Technical Workshop on Nutrient Risk Assessment, May 2-6, 2005'.

TL;DR: The upper levels of intake have been defined as: "the maximum level of habitual intake from all sources of a nutrient or related substance judged to be unlikely to lead to adverse health effects in humans".
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