Vitamin D Deficiency Could Put Kids at Risk

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CHICAGO -- At least one in five U.S. children aged 1 to 11 doesn't get enough vitamin D and could be at risk for a variety of health problems including weak bones, the most recent national analysis suggests.

By a looser measure, almost 90 percent of black children that age and 80 percent of Hispanic kids could be vitamin D deficient -- "astounding numbers" that should serve as a call to action, said Dr. Jonathan Mansbach, lead author of the new analysis and a researcher at Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital in Boston.

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Vitamin D Deficiency Could Put Kids at Risk

The findings add to mounting evidence about vitamin D deficiency in children, teens and adults, a concern because of recent ...

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