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Fish in school lunches added 36 IU of vitamin D and raised blood level in winter by 2 ng – Oct 2015

Effects of school meals with weekly fish servings on vitamin D status in Danish children: secondary outcomes from the OPUS (Optimal well-being, development and health for Danish children through a healthy New Nordic Diet) School Meal Study.

J Nutr Sci. 2015 Jul 17;4:e26. doi: 10.1017/jns.2015.15. eCollection 2015.
Petersen RA1, Damsgaard CT1, Dalskov SM1, Sørensen LB1, Hjorth MF1, Andersen R2, Tetens I2, Krarup H3, Ritz C1, Astrup A1, Michaelsen KF1, Mølgaard C1.

  • 1 Department of Nutrition , Exercise and Sports , Faculty of Science , University of Copenhagen , Denmark , Rolighedsvej 26 , DK-1958 Frederiksberg C , Denmark.
  • 2 Division of Nutrition , The National Food Institute , Technical University of Denmark , Denmark , Mørkhøj Bygade 19 , DK-2860 Søborg , Denmark.
  • 3 Department of Clinical Biochemistry , Section of Molecular Diagnostics , Aalborg University Hospital , Hobrovej 18-22 , DK-9000 Aalborg , Denmark.


Children's vitamin D intake and status can be optimised to meet recommendations. We investigated if nutritionally balanced school meals with weekly fish servings affected serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and markers related to bone in 8- to 11-year-old Danish children.
We conducted an explorative secondary outcome analysis on data from 784 children from the OPUS School Meal Study, a cluster-randomised cross-over trial where children received school meals for 3 months and habitual lunch for 3 months.
At baseline, and at the end of each dietary period, 25(OH)D, parathyroid hormone (PTH), osteocalcin (OC), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), bone mineral content (BMC), bone area (BA), bone mineral density (BMD), dietary intake and physical activity were assessed.
School meals increased vitamin D intake by 0·9 (95 % CI 0·7, 1·1) μg/d. (36 IU)
No consistent effects were found on 25(OH)D, BMC, BA, BMD, IGF-1 or OC.
However, season-modified effects were observed with 25(OH)D, i.e. children completing the school meal period in January/February had higher 25(OH)D status (5·5 (95 % CI 1·8, 9·2) nmol/l; P = 0·004) than children completing the control period in these months.
A similar tendency was indicated in November/December (4·1 (95 % CI -0·12, 8·3) nmol/l; P = 0·057).
However, the effect was opposite in March/April (-4·0 (95 % CI -7·0, -0·9) nmol/l; P = 0·010), and no difference was found in May/June (P = 0·214). Unexpectedly, the school meals slightly increased PTH (0·18 (95 % CI 0·07, 0·29) pmol/l) compared with habitual lunch. Small increases in dietary vitamin D might hold potential to mitigate the winter nadir in Danish children's 25(OH)D status while higher increases appear necessary to affect status throughout the year. More trials on effects of vitamin D intake from natural foods are needed.

PMID: 26495118
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