Vitamin D deficiency poses a major health problem for children worldwide. Deficiency can cause hypocalcemic seizures, growth disturbances, and rickets and may influence diabetes, cardiovascular dysfunction, autoimmune diseases, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders. In the United Kingdom, recommendations on vitamin D supplementation are set that all children aged 6 months to 5 years ought to receive vitamin D daily.
In a survey carried out in 203 parents attending pediatric and pediatric orthopedic and fracture, it was found that 85.71% of parents were not aware of the recommendations. Only 17.73% of children were receiving vitamin D supplementation; 17 via formula milk and 18 via multivitamin formulations. Parents are generally not aware of vitamin D supplementation because of a lack of information on the high rates of reported suboptimal vitamin D levels amongst children not…
