Memo to Pediatricians: Screen All Kids for Vitamin D Deficiency, Test Those at High Risk
By Johns Hopkins Medicine
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From sciencedaily.com
March 5, 2012
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As study after study shows the fundamental role vitamin D plays in disease and health, vitamin D deficiency — which often develops insidiously in childhood — should be on every parent's and pediatrician's radar, say physicians from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center.
"Vitamin D deficiency can be a problem year round, but because sun exposure is critical for vitamin D synthesis and production, the winter months further exacerbate what is a perennial problem," says Johns Hopkins Children's Center endocrinologist Dominique Long, M.D.
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Add your commentThere seems to be a growing Vitamin D deficiency across the board. I was having terrible headaches and my doc said it was from a vit D deficiency.