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...
In this article Vitamin D is crucial for children's good health and development. Read on to find out how much vitamin D your child needs, which sources are the best, and how to avoid getting too little or too much. Find out more:Ten important nutrients for children ...
In the meantime, pediatricians still need to evaluate the determinants of vitamin D status and consider vitamin D supplementation in children and adolescents at risk of deficiency. This review is the result of an expert meeting that was held during the congress “Update on vitamin D and bone ...
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...
although many are currently in progress. Furthermore, currently, 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 ...
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)D3 concentrations from dr
Two principal stem cell pools orchestrate the rapid cell turnover in the intestinal epithelium. Rapidly cyclingLgr5+stem cells are intercalated between the Paneth cells at the crypt base (CBCs) and injury-resistant reserve stem cells reside above the crypt base. The intermediate filamentKeratin 15(...
Vitamin D deficiency is a global problem. The Scientific Research Report on Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (2021) states that in 2016-2017, the prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency among children and adolescents aged 6-17 years in China was 18.6 percent, and in 2015 deficiency among adul...
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...