Effect of calcium from dairy and dietary supplements on faecal fat excretion: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

• Published in: Obesity reviews Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 475 - 486
• Main Authors: Christensen, R, Lorenzen, J.K, Svith, C.R, Bartels, E.M, Melanson, E.L, Saris, W.H, Tremblay, A, Astrup, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2009; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; analysis; body fat; body weight; calcium; Calcium, Dietary; Calcium, Dietary - metabolism; Calcium, Dietary - pharmacology; chemistry; Child; confidence interval; Dairy Products; dietary calcium; Dietary Supplements; drug effects; excretion; faecal fat excretion; Fatty Acids; Fatty Acids - analysis; Feces; Feces - chemistry; Female; Humans; Lipid Metabolism; Lipid Metabolism - drug effects; Male; meta-analysis; metabolism; Middle Aged; Obesity; Obesity - prevention & control; observational studies; pharmacology; prevention & control; randomized clinical trials; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; systematic review; Young Adult

Observational studies have found that dietary calcium intake is inversely related to body weight and body fat mass. One explanatory mechanism is that dietary calcium increases faecal fat excretion. To examine the effect of calcium from dietary supplements or dairy products on quantitative faecal fat...