Cheap vitamin D 'would boost health'

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20710028


A child affected by rickets

Greater access to cheap vitamin D supplements would improve the health of at-risk groups, experts say.

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) says up to 25% of UK children are vitamin D deficient, leading to a rise in rickets cases.

In the BBC's Scrubbing Up column, the college's Prof Mitch Blair called for concerted action to tackle the problem.

The government said those with the greatest need already received free supplements.

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1. Spam deleted by hlthe2b (MIR Team)

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2. I know that milk has been fortified with vitamin D

for about a century now. My mother, who was born in 1916, drank vitamin D fortified milk.

I suspect that children today are drinking far less milk than they did in years past, so if that's the case, no wonder so many children are vitamin D deficient.

I realize the study cited is in the UK, and maybe they don't fortify their milk there.

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3. I'm guessing they don't get much sun there, either. (no text)

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4. Poor Baby...

I take vitamin D3 on doctors orders and it makes a big difference. I've never seen a picture like that. Does anyone know if this child will recover with enough vit D or if the damage is permanent.