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PART 2.—CHILDREN TAKING A MIXED DIET

L. EMMETT HOLT, M.D.; ANGELIA M. COURTNEY; HELEN L. FALES

Am J Dis Child. 1920;19(3):201-222.

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In a preceding paper on calcium metabolism was considered the absorption of calcium by infants taking modifications of cow's milk and the excretion of calcium in relation to the excretion of fat in their stools. In this paper we discuss the calcium metabolism of older children taking a mixed diet. As stated in the previous paper, by calcium excretion is meant the total amount of calcium lost in the stools; whether part of this has been absorbed and is subsequently excreted into the large intestine is not here considered. By calcium absorption is meant the difference between intake and the amount lost in the stools.

HEALTHY CHILDREN

The first group considered includes children who were normal as to digestion. Tables 1 and 2 show the calcium absorption in relation to calcium and fat intake for normal children taking a mixed diet; Table 1 including the cases in which the intake . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Laboratories of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research and the Babies' Hospital, New York.

Footnotes
In the article published in the February issue of the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DISEASES OF CHILDREN, p. 112, an error was made in the fourth line of the first paragraph of the Summary. The figure 0.6 gm. should read 0.06 gm.

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