FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Why Do I Need Calcium? Strong bones are made during childhood and the teen years. People gradually lose bone as they get older, starting in their twenties. Teens need to get enough calcium in their diets to build strong bones and fight bone loss later in life.

Detailed explanation-2: -Calcium is needed for growing and building strong bones and teeth during childhood. Our bones hold on to most of the calcium in our body. As much as 99% of the body’s calcium is found in the bones. This needs to be ‘topped-up’ daily from our diet.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kids and Teens Kids 4 to 8 years old need 1, 000 mg of calcium a day (2–3 servings). Kids and teens 9 to 18 years old need 1, 300 mg of calcium a day (4 servings).

Detailed explanation-4: -Calcium is the major component of the bone, where it is present at more than 99% as calcium-phosphate complexes, and provides the skeleton strength and structure, making the bone a metabolic reservoir to maintain the intra-and extra-cellular calcium pool.