Reduction in Bone Loss from 5 to 20 Weeks Postpartum in Adolescents Supplemented with Calcium Plus Vitamin D during Pregnancy Is Not Sustained at 1 Year Postpartum: Follow-up Study of a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Published in: The Journal of nutrition Vol. 151; no. 3; pp. 548 - 555
• Main Authors: Diogenes, Maria Eduarda L, Bezerra, Flávia F, Donangelo, Carmen M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.03.2021; Oxford University Press; American Institute of Nutrition
• Subjects: adolescence; Adolescent; adolescent mothers; Adolescents; Anthropometry; Biomedical materials; Body weight; Bone Density - drug effects; bone health; Bone loss; Bone mass; Bone mineral content; Bone mineral density; Bones; Brazil; Breast feeding; Calciferol; Calcium; Calcium, Dietary - administration & dosage; Calcium, Dietary - pharmacology; Calcium-Regulating Hormones and Agents - administration & dosage; Calcium-Regulating Hormones and Agents - pharmacology; Cholecalciferol - administration & dosage; Cholecalciferol - pharmacology; Dietary supplements; Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry; Female; Femur; Follow-Up Studies; Gestation; Humans; intervention; lactation; Parturition; Postpartum; Postpartum Period; Pregnancy; Spine; Spine (lumbar); Supplements; Teenagers; Vitamin D; Brazil; adolescent mothers; adolescence; bone mineral density; intervention; lactation; bone health

Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation of pregnant Brazilian adolescents with habitually low calcium intake (∼600 mg/d) reduced bone loss during the first 20 wk postpartum. We investigated maternal bone mass changes during the first year postpartum as a follow-up of the clinical trial. Pregnant adol...