Vitamin D recommendations doubled for infants, children and adolescents
This post is important for all pregnant women, mothers who are breast feeding their babies and for parents of infants, children and adolescents (please forward it to your family, friends and others as appropriate).
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has revised their recommendations for vitamin D supplementation of the diets of all newborns, infants, children and adolescents. The new recommendations (detailed below) basically double the amount of vitamin D recommended from 200 IU/day to 400 IU/day. The AAP’s recommendations were described in an October 13, 2008 press release as well as in a more detailed free online Clinical Report.
The new recommendations come at a time when the importance of vitamin D in maintaining health and preventing disease, and the near ubiquity of vitamin D deficiency are being recognized as critical public health concerns. It seems that every other day there is new information linking vitamin D […]
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