March 11/Drug Week -- New research, "Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and fat mass loss in female very low-calcium consumers: Potential link with a calcium-specific appetite control," is the subject of a report from Canada's Laval University.
"This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted to compare the effect of a 15-week weight-reducing programme (-2900kJ/d) coupled with a calcium plus vitamin D (calcium+D) supplementation (600mg elemental calcium and 5microg vitamin D, consumed twice a day) or with a placebo, on body fat and on spontaneous energy/macronutrient intake. Sixty-three overweight or obese women (mean age 43 years, mean BMI 32kg/m2) reporting a daily calcium intake <800mg participated in present study," scientists writing in the British Journal of Nutrition report.