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James A. Taylor, MD

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2008;162(6):583-584.

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With apologies for a bad pun, this is vitamin D's moment in the sun. The recent medical literature is replete with reports on the consequences of vitamin D deficiency and its beneficial effects in preventing or treating a variety of maladies. Although the focus of most research has been on bone disease, in adults vitamin D deficiency has been linked to conditions as diverse as asthma, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, depression, and schizophrenia.¹ Overall, it has been estimated that as many as 1 billion people have hypovitaminosis D.¹

Vitamin D deficiency may be a more serious problem in children than in adults. Because it is present in only low concentration in human milk, breastfed infants and toddlers may be at risk for developing vitamin D–deficient rickets.² The gratifying increase in rates of breastfeeding in the past 30 years in the United States has coincided with . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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