4.1. Formula Milk/Calcium Supplementation and Bone Mineral Acquisition
The magnitude of the 60 g/d of milk supplementation effect was considerable, with a significant increase in left forearm BMD of 6.66% and in BMC of 5.76% after 12 months in children aged 4–6 years. Our findings were consistent with those in previous studies, demonstrating that increased calcium [The milk-attributable gains in BMD and BMC were much more prominent in the non-weight-bearing forearm than in the weight-bearing forearm in this study. A meta-analysis involving 2859 children showed that an average dose of 800 mg/d of calcium supplementation also showed more benefit to BMD at the non-weight-bearing areas (total body and upper limb) than the weight-bearing sites (femoral neck and lumbar spine) in children with a mean age of 10 years [