Given the status of calcium consumption among American teen-agers, the osteoporosis epidemic could double or triple in size in the next generation.

Milk is one of the highest contributors in adolescents' calcium consumption.

A simple nutritional change, increasing calcium consumption, helps prevent the development of high blood pressure in pregnancy, a new study has shown.

This finding would be paradoxical, if levels of calcium consumption were the only factor determining bone density.

Researchers analyzed government data on calcium consumption and periodontal disease indicators in nearly 13,000 U.S. adults.

That's why populations with low calcium consumption manage to form healthy skeletons, and high calcium consumers don't develop bones like mastodons.

Conversely, high calcium consumption causes the body to decrease the amount of the mineral that is absorbed, excreting the excess.

Yet calcium consumption often drops off in teenagers as they replace milk with soft drinks.

There is no evidence, the committee said, that the increase in calcium consumption later in life will forestall osteoporosis.

The only dietary factor that independently predicted blood pressure problems was a low calcium consumption.