Calcium - Change History

Fact Sheet for Consumers

September 14, 2023

View change — Clarified that osteoporosis increases the risk of fractures (broken bones).

October 6, 2022

Revised the Introduction to state that vitamin D helps your body absorb calcium.

November 17, 2021

This fact sheet was comprehensively reviewed and extensively revised.

March 22, 2021

Linked to the new edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and updated the associated text.

December 6, 2019

Changed text to clarify that the upper limits are "daily" amounts.

July 11, 2019

Updated the link to USDA’s FoodData Central.