Healthy Start vitamin D supplementation in UK is a farce
The Healthy Start program tries to provide free vitamin D to the UK needy
However, only
180 IU of vitamin D to infants over 6 months old - and none for infants younger than 6 months
400 IU to breastfeeding mothers - which is just enough to prevent rickets
clipped from http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/207753.php
Oliver Gillie, of the Health Research Forum, said that the Healthy Start scheme was badly implemented, does not work properly, and ignores the needs of mothers and children who are not on benefits and so do not qualify for free Healthy Start vitamins. In a lecture last night to the health charity, Caroline Walker Trust, Gillie said that the scheme is a farce and unless it is extended will never reach more than a small minority of women and children.
* Overview Pregnancy and vitamin D has the following summary
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