Table 2.

Public health impact of the use of dairy products for fracture prevention

Study	Public health impact
Lotters (2013)	- Yearly number of hip fractures prevented: 2023 (FR), 455 (SW), 132 (NL) - Yearly number of DALYs gained: 6263 (FR), 1246 (SW), 374 (NL) - Yearly total costs avoided: €129 million (FR), €34 (SW), €6 (NL).
Ethgen (2015)	Lifetime impact of recommended intake of dairy products over the remaining lifetime: - Number of fractures prevented: 30,376 (in women) and 16,105 (in men) - Life years gained: 6605 (in women) and 6144 (in men).
Sandmann (2016)	Vitamin D and calcium food-fortification programme in the German female population aged 65 years and older would lead to: - Annual net cost savings of €315 million - Annual total number of fractures prevented: 36,705
Hiligsmann (2017)	Lifetime impact of recommended intake of dairy products in the general French population for 1 year (2015): - Total number of all fractures prevented: 64,392 (including 19,500 hip) - 32,569 QALY gained and 29,169 life years gained.

DALY disability-adjusted life years, FR France, NL Netherlands, QALY quality-adjusted life years, SW Switzerland