Calcium intakes will be examined by FNB subcommittees at two meetings in July.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
CALCIUM INTAKE OF U.S. POPULATION TO BE REVIEWED AT OPEN MEETINGS in Washington, D.C. on July 9-10 and July 15-16 before two subcommittees of the Food & Nutrition Board, FDA announced in the June 6 Federal Register. FDA and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute have asked the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the Institute of Medicine (IoM) and FNB to review calcium intake and metabolism and prepare a scientific report addressing the optimal intake of calcium and related nutrients.