ArticlePublic health nutrition2018
Are consumption of dairy products and physical activity independently related to bone mineral density of 6-year-old children? Longitudinal and cross-sectional analyses in a birth cohort from Brazil.
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- Association of objectively measured physical activity and bone health in children and adolescents: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2020Pooled it
- No effect of maternal calcium intake and bone resorption during pregnancy on offspring bone mineral density at age 5 years.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2022Trial
- Plant-Based Drinks as an Alternative to Cow's Milk in Early Life: Health Effects in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2026Review
- Lessons from 13 years of accelerometry measurements in five Brazilian cohorts: methodological aspects.Cadernos de saude publica · 2025Article
- Milk beverages can reduce nutrient inadequacy among Brazilian pre-school children: a dietary modelling study.BMC nutrition · 2022Article
- Dietary calcium intake in Brazilian preschoolers and schoolchhildren: review of the literature.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo · 2022Review
- Milk and Dairy Products: Good or Bad for Human Bone? Practical Dietary Recommendations for the Prevention and Management of Osteoporosis.Nutrients · 2021Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of consumption of dairy products and physical activity (PA) with bone mineral density (BMD).
designCohort study with children from the 2004 Pelotas (Brazil) Birth Cohort.
settingPelotas, a medium-sized Brazilian city. SUBJECTS: The study started in 2004 and mothers/children were interviewed/measured periodically from birth to age 6 years. PA was measured by maternal proxy at 4 and 6 years and by accelerometry at 6 years. Consumption of dairy products was measured using 24 h food recall (at 4 years) and FFQ (at 6 years). Total-body and lumbar-spine BMD (g/cm2) were measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.
resultsAt 6 years, BMD was measured in 3444 children and 2636 children provided data on objectively measured PA by accelerometry. Consumption of dairy products at 4 years was associated with higher lumbar-spine BMD at 6 years in boys, while current consumption was positively associated with BMD in both sexes (P < 0·001). PA assessed by maternal report at 4 and 6 years of age was associated with higher BMD at 6 years in boys. PA assessed by accelerometry was positively related to total-body and lumbar-spine BMD in boys and lumbar-spine BMD in girls. We did not find evidence for an interaction between PA and consumption of dairy products on BMD.
conclusionsWe observed positive and independent longitudinal and cross-sectional associations between consumption of dairy products and PA with BMD in the total body and at the lumbar spine in young children.
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