Calcium and weight control-Publications summaries

Abstract

Obesity is a public health problem. And it is known that both energy balance and nutritional factors are effective on it. The effects of dietary calcium on bone health are known however with recent studies, it has become a food item that focused on the effect on body weight control.   Most epidemiyolojik studies claim that there is a relationship between long-term consumption of diary milk and milk products and  the decrease of body weight and fat mass. In this article, there are different studies that support or do not support this idea. However the effect mechanism of calcium on weight control is tried to be explained.