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. 2021 Sep 11;151(11):3442–3449. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab272

TABLE 2.

Dietary magnesium and calcium intakes of the HEALTHY Study sample1

Control school Intervention school
Characteristics 6th grade 8th grade 6th grade 8th grade RDA, mg/d2
Dietary magnesium intake, mg/d 195.80 ± 104.02 196.22 ± 100.67 196.71 ± 107.34 193.62 ± 100.36 9–13 y: 240; 14–18 y (females and males): 360–410
Dietary calcium intake, mg/d 697.55 ± 375.34 715.90 ± 377.50 688.68 ± 376.51 708.87 ± 372.55 1300
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n = 2181. Values are mean ± SD unless otherwise indicated.