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Independent and combined effect of nutrition and exercise on bone mass development

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Food intake provides the necessary components for adequate metabolic functions in bone. Calcium, phosphorus, vitamin D, magnesium, proteins, and fluoride are some of the most important nutrients in this regard. These have different effects on bone mass. Additionally, exercise has been shown to elicit osteogenic responses in bone development; indeed, it seems to potentiate, for example, the effect of calcium supplementation on bone mass. However, the nutrition-exercise-bone mass relationship is complex and needs further in-depth investigation. As a first step, therefore, we reviewed current knowledge about the role of nutrition on the development of bone tissue and how physical activity affects the nutrient-bone relationship.

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  1. University School of Health Science and Pediatrics Department, HELENA Study Group, University of Zaragoza, Edificio Cervantes, 2nd floor, C/Corona de Aragón, 42, 50009, Zaragoza, Spain

    Germán Vicente-Rodríguez, Juan Ezquerra, María Isabel Mesana, Juan Miguel Fernández-Alvira, Juan Pablo Rey-López & Luis Alberto Moreno

  2. School of Health and Sport Science, University of Zaragoza, Huesca, Spain

    Germán Vicente-Rodríguez & José Antonio Casajus

  3. Unit for Preventive Nutrition, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden

    Germán Vicente-Rodríguez

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Vicente-Rodríguez, G., Ezquerra, J., Mesana, M.I. et al. Independent and combined effect of nutrition and exercise on bone mass development. J Bone Miner Metab 26, 416–424 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00774-007-0846-9

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