Canadian Paediatric Society – vitamin D recommendations unchanged since 2007

Vitamin D supplementation: Recommendations for Canadian mothers and infants

The Canadian Paediatric Society, Posted: Oct 1 2007 | Reaffirmed: Jan 30 2017

They acknowledge that more studies are needed, but appear to have not made any changes

Examples of obsolete recommendations

• “Consideration should be given to administering 2000 IU of vitamin D daily to pregnant and lactating women, especially during the winter months, to maintain vitamin D sufficiency”

  • trials have found that 4,000 – 6,000 IU is needed

• “Total vitamin D intake from all sources for the premature infant should be 200 IU/kg/day to a maximum of 400 IU/day (recommendation grade A ).”

  • various groups around the world argue for 1,000 to 1,600 IU/day

• “To take advantage of cutaneous production of vitamin D, yet minimize possibility of skin damage, infants and children should be exposed to sunlight for short periods (probably less than 15 min/day) (recommendation grade B )”

  • 15 minutes might be enough if only wearing a diaper, in the summer, in the middle of the day, in the summer, for a light-skinned infant/child, in the Southern portion of Canada, etc.

  The latest reference is from 2007

See also VitaminDWiki

• Vitamin D supplementation guidelines (adults – 50,000 IU per week) – Feb 2017 infants 2,000 - 3,000 IU

• Third study found that Infants needed 1600 IU of vitamin D – JAMA RCT May 2013

• Infant-Child category listing has items along with related searches

• Vitamin D guidelines of American Academy of Pediatrics said none should be even tested, yet 91 percent had less than 30 ng – June 2017

• Could Canada cause multiple sclerosis (MS increased 2X in 5 years) - April 2015

• Vitamin D levels continue to fall: Canada 6 percent drop from 2009 to 2011 – Feb 2013

• Increasing the vitamin D level of all Canadians to 40 ng would save 6 to 18 billion dollars a year – Grant Nov 2016

• Vitamin D blood levels of Canadians – Jan 2013

  • 40% have less than 20 ng in the winter. Suspect about 80% have less than 40 nanogrms in the winter

  Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D has the following summary

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