Image you are a scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and you have been assigned the task of deciding on a food or group of foods that will be fortified with calcium to assure that the population meets its calcium needs.
- What food or group of foods would you recommend? Why?
- Does the food or group of foods contain dietary components that interfere with calcium absorption?
- Is this a food or group of foods that is consumed by the population groups most at risk for calcium deficiency?
- How much calcium would you recommend adding? Would this amount meet recommendations but not put the population at risk of calcium excess?