Nourishing Your Bones with Vital Nutrients

On this episode of Bone Talk, BHOF CEO Claire Gill talks with Dr. Connie

Weaver about vital nutrients that promote good bone health. Dr. Weaver is a

Distinguished Research Professor at San Diego State University’s School of

Exercise and Nutritional Sciences. Dr. Weaver has been involved in NIH and

USDA funded-research studies of diet interventions for over 30 years. She

has led many randomized, controlled trials in children and adults with

health and disease risk reduction outcomes, especially related to bone and

heart. She has focused on mineral absorption and metabolism and subgroup

differences, and her work has contributed to setting nutrient requirements

for adolescents in North America. She has also been involved in creating

guidelines for best practices in human nutrition research, programs for

children, nutrient recommendations, and food policy guidance.