To get enough calcium for growing bones, each day you need to eat foods whose %Daily Value for calcium adds up to 120 percent. Because the amount of calcium in foods can vary, read the food label check the %DV for calcium in what you eat.

So your body will have all the other nutrients it needs, too, be sure to eat the recommended number of servings from the food groups that make up the Food Guide Pyramid:


As shown in the tables below, each group includes foods that provide calcium. The food examples
are listed by their serving size and %DV for calcium.

(Source: "Calcium! Do You Get It?" pilot education program funded by FDA's Office of Women's Health)

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Dairy Council of California
1101 National Drive, Suite B
Sacramento, CA 95834




National Osteoporosis Foundation
P.O. Box 96616
Washington, DC 20077-7456


Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases~National Resource Center


(1-800) 624-BONE
TDD: (202) 223-0344

FDA Consumer magazine (September-October 1997)

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To get enough calcium for growing bones, each day you need to eat foods whose %Daily Value for calcium adds up to 120 percent. Because the amount of calcium in foods can vary, read the food label check the %DV for calcium in what you eat.