Pages tagged with "Infant-Child"
- Type 1 Diabetes 14 percent more likely with 2 Vitamin D Receptor mutations
- Preemies with poor lungs (Respiratory distress syndrome) have low levels of vitamin D
- Infant sunbathing 30 minutes a week raises vitamin D levels to only 20 ng in 6 months
- Supplement omega-3 based on weight
- Less bad gut bacteria in infant if even tiny amount of vitamin D during pregnancy
- Breast milk rarely now has even 20 percent of needed vitamin D – even in sunny climates
- Risk of infant Asthma cut in half if mother supplemented Vitamin D to get more than 30 ng – RCT
- Obese moms who breastfeed (without Vitamin D) had low bone density in infants
- Critically ill children – randomized clinical trial to give single doses of up to 400,000 IU of vitamin D – 2019
- Preemies, Vitamin D, Omega-3, etc. - several studies
- The Convergence of Two Epidemics: Vitamin D Deficiency in Obese School-aged Children
- Autistic children have lower levels of Iron, Vitamin D, Magnesium, etc
- Give 400 IU to all infants – majority of Turkish pediatricians
- Childhood cancer survivors have increased chronic health problems as adults
- Low Vitamin D in infants - video interview of Dr. Holick
- Large soft spot on infant’s head (anterior fontanelle) is associated with low vitamin D
- Children helped by 2,000 IU of vitamin D, but not RDA amount (600 IU) – RCT
- Omega supplementation helped preemie sensory processing – RCT
- Respiratory infection in infant was 7 X more likely if low cord Vitamin D
- Child is 2 X more likely to get influenza if have older sibling (perhaps closely-spaced birth)