[Calcium and D vitamin status in toddlers: original study performed in the area of Rouen].
Few data are available regarding calcium and vitamin D intake in toddlers, despite a remaining high growth velocity. Therefore, a study was carried out in the Rouen geographical area where the sunshine is limited. It appears that a great majority of the children studied (9/10) received plain milk, and subsequently only small quantities of vitamin D or calcium enriched milk. Nevertheless, 12% of primarily 4 to 6 year-old children do not received daily minimum requirements, and 6% of them had vitamin D insufficiency, which was demonstrated by 25OHD plasma concentrations. These concentrations declined from 18 months to 6 years old were related to discontinuation in vitamin D supplements. A great variability was observed in vitamin D supplementation as no official recommendations were followed. Modalities of this supplementation should be reconsidered.
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Département de pédiatrie médicale, CHU Charles-Nicolle, 1, rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen cedex, France. eric.mallet@chu-rouen.fr
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Basuyau
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D000818:Animals; D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D002417:Cattle; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry; D009752:Nutritional Status; D014807:Vitamin D
D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D014807:Vitamin D