COMPARETIVE BONE TURNOVER IN WISTAR (W) AND OBESE (Ob) GROWING RATS, FED DIFFERENT DIETARY CALCIUM CONTENT

MAROTTE C; WEISSTAUB A; SOMOZA J; PORTELA ML; ZENI SN

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Congreso; 39th Annual Congress of the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS); 2012

European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS)

COMPARETIVE BONE TURNOVER IN WISTAR (W) AND OBESE (Ob) GROWING RATS, FED DIFFERENT DIETARY CALCIUM CONTENT 1,2,3Marotte C, 4Weisstaub A, 1,3Somoza J, 4Portela ML, 1,2,3Zeni SN. 1Medical Osteopaties Section. Clinical Hospital, UBA 2Oral Biochemistry. School of Dentistry. UBA. 3CONICET, 4Nutrition Dep. School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry. UBA. Calcium (Ca) intake, bone turnover and obesity are interrelated. A low Ca intake increases bone turnover and it is related to obesity development. Moreover, obesity could affect bone metabolism. The objective was to compare the effect of feeding a low or normal Ca diet (LCa and NCa, respectively) on body weight and composition, bone turnover markers and insulin levels in W and genetically modified Ob rats during growth.