Low Vitamin D Levels Common In Healthy Children

Many healthy infants and toddlers are have low levels of vitamin D, according to a report released on June 2, 2008 in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. About one third of these children have some evidence of reduced bone mineral content on X-rays. Several states in the US have recently reported a resurgence of vitamin D deficiency and in rickets, the resulting bone-weakening disease.

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Filed under: Bones on July 16th, 2008