Conclusion: There is generally poor adherence to vitamin D supplementation guidelines in children under five years of age. Nevertheless, the evidence comes from a limited number of studies, mainly conducted in infants, with high methodological heterogeneity in terms of the vita...
Vitamin D deficiency has emerged as a significant public health problem throughout the world. Even in the Indian context,it has been reported to be present in majority of children in spite of wide availability of sunlight. Recent guidelines have defined vitamin D status as severe deficiency, defi...
How much vitamin D does my child need? Infants up to 12 months old need 400 international units (IU), or 10 micrograms (mcg), a day. Children older than 1 need 600 IU, or 15 mcg, a day. Your child doesn't have to get enough vitamin D every day. Instead, aim to get the recom...
Studies performed on Indian children to assess vitamin-D status have been on small sample sizes, limited to specific geographical locations and used non-standard methods to measure 25(OH)D3. This multicentre study assessed 25(OH)D3concentrations from dried blood spots (DBS) in 5–18-year-old ...
the vast majority of published guidelines recommend standard supplemental vitamin D doses for children and pregnant women, yet there is increasing recognition that individual characteristics and genetic factors may influence the response to supplementation. As such, future research needs to concentrate on ...
Vitamin D receptor 25-Hydroxyvitamin D: nmol/L = ng/mL * 2.496 References Abrams SA, Hawthorne KM, Chen Z (2013) Supplementation with 1000 IU vitamin D/d leads to parathyroid hormone suppression, but not increased fractional calcium absorption, in 4-8-y-old children: a double-blind rand...
The primary aim of this study was to determine the frequency of vitD deficiency/insufficiency in an opportunistic sample of Northern Territory (NT) children. The secondary aim was to evaluate whether: (i) 25(OH)vitD (25(OH)D) levels differ between Indigenous/non-Indigenous children; and (ii...
However, it’s important to remember that a truevitamin deficiencymeans specific health problems result from the lack of a nutrient. An actual vitamin D deficiency results in rickets, which is the term for a bone-softening, leg-bowing disease that is more likely to impact children in developing...
All children or adults lacking sufficient exposure to sunlight need a vitamin D supplement; however, no agreement has been reached regarding dosage, and implementation is poor The WHO, supported by its member states, should implement a strategy to eradicate vitamin D (and calcium) deficiency-associa...
Vitamin D supplementation can prevent and cure nutritional rickets in infants and children. Preclinical and observational data suggest that the vitamin D endocrine system has a wide spectrum of skeletal and extra-skeletal activities. There is consensus t