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New Vitamin D Recommendation for Children

Posted on August 12, 2008

Dr. Janesta Noland, our guest pediatrician blogger, has provided a summary of the new recommendation for vitamin D supplementation in children.New data reveal many ways in which vitamin D is important in overall health and prevention of disease requiring higher levels than those which cause clinically evident rickets. Additionally, data show that the previously recommended 200 IU daily will not maintain levels above 11ng/ml in a significant proportion of children. As a result of these findings on dose and medical importance of vitamin D, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is changing its...

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