Vitamin D, which kids can get from fortified milk, salmon, and moderate exposure to the sun, is thought to improve bone health and may also help prevent cancer.
In the first nationally-representative study of vitamin D levels in children, researchers analyzed government data between 2001 and 2006 for kids 11 and under. They found that, under the current standards set by the American Academy of Pediatrics, approximately 6 million U.S. children are vitamin D deficient.
There is controversy, however, as to whether this standard is actually too low. When using more stringent standards for pediatric vitamin D levels, it is estimated that as many as 24 million children are vitamin D deficient, including 92% of non-Hispanic black children, and 80% of Hispanic children.
More research is needed to determine the appropriate vitamin D requirements for children, so that parents and pediatricians can better gauge how to supplement their child's diet.
Probably because the kids
Probably because the kids are inside all day in front of a tv or video game. They need to play outside!
Vitamin D
We are not receiving proper levels of Vitamin D from milk. By the time the farmers are done boiling the milk, all the nutrients are gone. It's funny I was just going to suggest Chew-4-Health as a supplement and I saw the add to the right. All three of my children were recommended this by our pediatrician. We are so impressed by their great health and mental clarity through out the day in school! We need to be giving our children natural chewable supplements to keep them healthy!!!
"We need to be giving our
"We need to be giving our children natural chewable supplements to keep them healthy!!!" What are you, a salesman? You may want to push synthetic pills to your children, but not me. My kids get the vitamins and nutrients they need from a healthy balanced diet and plunty of outside play (4-6 hours a day in the summer and on the weekends and at least 2 hours a day when in school). Parents make your kids play outside to get vitamin D, don't let them just sit in front of a computer/ tv/ video games.