More Evidence on Low Vitamin D Levels Fuels Push to Revise Recommended Intake
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- KEYWORDS:
- CHILD NUTRITION
- CHILDREN'S HEALTH
- DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
- NUTRITION ASSESSMENT
- NUTRITION, CHILD
- NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
- PUBLIC HEALTH
- VITAMIN D
- VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY
A recent spate of published studies adds to the drumbeatof those researchers who argue that vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency are tied to poor health outcomes for a variety of conditions in a large proportion of the US population. But the nature of these studies, mainly retrospective analyses, makes it difficult for regulatory bodies or specialty societies to develop specific recommendations for raising the established levels for minimum vitamin D intake. These circumstances have left some physicians reluctant to aggressively diagnose and treat their patients for vitamin D insufficiency.
More rigorous studies could clarify recent findings associating vitamin D insufficiency with such health problems as osteoporosis and bone fracture, muscle weakness, cancer, autoimmune disease, diabetes, schizophrenia, depression, lung dysfunction, kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease.
Research continues to show links between low vitamin D levels and poor health outcomes.
“We know vitamin D can prevent rickets in children, but there are …
