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Standing on the shoulders of giants: Understanding calcium and vitamin D requirements

Author(s) -

Prentice A.

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

nutrition bulletin

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933

H-Index - 40

eISSN - 1467-3010

pISSN - 1471-9827

DOI - 10.1111/nbu.12043

Subject(s) - rickets , shoulders , vitamin d and neurology , context (archaeology) , calcium , vitamin , medicine , food science , chemistry , history , endocrinology , surgery , archaeology

Summary The quote by S ir I saac N ewton, ‘If I have seen further it is by standing on ye sholders of G iants’ was the theme of the B ritish N utrition F oundation ( BNF ) A nnual L ecture 2012. Illustrations of the seminal contributions of six ‘giants’ of nutrition science, chosen because of their links to the BNF and to vitamin and mineral research in C ambridge, were used to give a historical context to recent studies and controversies on calcium and vitamin D requirements, particularly focusing on rickets and maternal and child nutrition.

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