The 9th International Symposium is the only regular meeting in the bone field to be exclusively devoted to nutrition, bone and muscle, and it allows the authors of this book to review the new scientific data, discuss new concepts, and update the knowledge on several nutrients.

Part 1. Sarcopenia and Obesity.- Sarcopenia – the concept and its definitions.- Defining sarcopenia .- Obesity, Insulin Resistance and Pediatric Bone.- Influence of sarcopenic and dynapenic obesity on musculoskeletal health and function in older adults.- Part 2. Protein.- Evidence for a Link between Dietary Protein and Bone & Muscle Health in Adults.- Dietary Protein, Exercise and Skeletal Muscle: Is There a Synergistic Effect in Older Adults and the Elderly?.- Part 3. Selected Nutrients.- The Use of Calcium for Phosphate Control in Chronic Kidney Disease.- Vitamin C and Bone Health.- Acid-Base Balance of the Diet –   Implications for Bone.- Vitamin E homologues: current evidence.- Part 4. Bioactives.- Dietary Dried Plum Increases Peak Bone Mass.- Transgenerational Benefits of Soy Isoflavones to Bone Structure in the CD-1 Mouse Model.- A lignan-rich bioactive fraction of Sambucus williamsii Hance exerts oestrogen-like bone protective effects in aged ovariectomized rats and osteoblastic cells.- Prebiotics, Calcium Absorption, and Bone Health.-Prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics and foods with regard to bone metabolism.- Part 5 Vitamin D and Calcium.- Predicting calcium requirements in children.- Assessment of vitamin D status.- Vitamin D in Obesity and Weight Loss.-Vitamin D and Fall Prevention – An Update.- After vitamin D supplementation there is an increase in serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D but no evidence of a threshold response in calcium absorption.- Vitamin D and Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Bone Health: Ancillary Studies in the VITAL Randomized Controlled Trial.- Vitamin D, Exercise, and Health.- Part 6. Dairy.- The potential role of dairy foods in fracture prevention in elderly in aged-care.- Clinical Trial of Dairy in Adolescent Girls: Effect on Bone Accrual.- Part 7. Nutrition, Bone and Special Conditions.- Intestinal Calcium Absorption and Skeletal Health After Bariatric Surgery.- Nutrition, Adolescent Pregnancy and Bone.- Part 8. Recommendations.- Lifestyle Factors That Affect Peak Bone Mass Accrual.- Fracture prevention recommendations for long term care.- Promotion of Bone Friendly Nutrition. 

In this book, the authors delve into the latest findings in bone and other tissues including muscle and brain, and discuss the recent evidences of the roles of protein, potassium, B vitamins, vitamin D, omega 3 fatty acids and flavonoids on bone and muscle health. The interactions between bone and other conditions such as chronic kidney disease are examined.  Furthermore, the role of nutrition is also reviewed specifically for the prevention of sarcopenia, frailty and their consequences (falls, hip fractures, loss of autonomy) to address the challenges of an aging population.

Nutritional Influences on Bone Health - 9th International Symposium presents the latest scientific data, concepts, and updates on the knowledge of several nutrients. This unique book will be of great interest to health professionals across many disciplines including nutrition and dietetics, gerontologists, nurses, general practitioners as well as anyone in the food and fitness industry.

The leading scientists in nutrition and bone provide and develop on the proceedings of the latest research This book has a unique advantage of having both nutrition and bone research discoveries updated on a regular basis in a collective way This is a valuable reference book for researchers and students in the field