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Vitamin D in the Healthy European Paediatric Population

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Braegger, Christian, Campoy, Cristina, Colomb, Virginie, Decsi, Tamas, Domellof, Magnus, Fewtrell, Mary, Hojsak, Iva, Mihatsch, Walter, Molgaard, Christian, Shamir, Raanan, Turck, Dominique, van Goudoever, Johannes, ESPGHAN Committee on Nutrition·2013·Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
DOI 10.1097/mpg.0b013e31828f3c05
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In recent years, reports suggesting a resurgence of vitamin D deficiency in the Western world, combined with various proposed health benefits for vitamin D supplementation, have resulted in increased interest from health care professionals, the media, and the public. The aim of this position paper is to summarise the published data on vitamin D intake and prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in the healthy European paediatric population, to discuss the health benefits of vitamin D and to provide recommendations for the prevention of vitamin D deficiency in this population. Vitamin D plays a key role in calcium and phosphate metabolism and is essential for bone health. There is insufficient evidence from interventional studies to support vitamin D supplementation for other health benefits in infants, children, and adolescents. The pragmatic use of a serum concentration >50 nmol/L to indicate sufficiency and a serum concentration <25 nmol/L to indicate severe deficiency is recommended. Vitamin D deficiency occurs commonly among healthy European infants, children, and adolescents, especially in certain risk groups, including breast‐fed infants, not adhering to the present recommendation for vitamin D supplementation, children and adolescents with dark skin living in northern countries, children and adolescents without adequate sun exposure, and obese children. Infants should receive an oral supplementation of 400 IU/day of vitamin D. The implementation should be promoted and supervised by paediatricians and other health care professionals. Healthy children and adolescents should be encouraged to follow a healthy lifestyle associated with a normal body mass index, including a varied diet with vitamin D–containing foods (fish, eggs, dairy products) and adequate outdoor activities with associated sun exposure. For children in risk groups identified above, an oral supplementation of vitamin D must be considered beyond 1 year of age. National authorities should adopt policies aimed at improving vitamin D status using measures such as dietary recommendations, food fortification, vitamin D supplementation, and judicious sun exposure, depending on local circumstances.

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Authors
Braegger, C., Campoy, C., Colomb, V., Decsi, T., Domellof, M., Fewtrell, M., Hojsak, I., Mihatsch, W., Molgaard, C., Shamir, R., Turck, D., van Goudoever, J., & ESPGHAN Committee on Nutrition
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Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2013-06
Volume
56
Issue
6
Pages
692-701
ISSN
  • 0277-2116 (ISSN-L)
  • 1536-4801
DOI
10.1097/mpg.0b013e31828f3c05
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497
References
84
FWCI
23.13
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Language
en
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Braegger, C., Campoy, C., Colomb, V., Decsi, T., Domellof, M., Fewtrell, M., Hojsak, I., Mihatsch, W., Molgaard, C., Shamir, R., Turck, D., van Goudoever, J., & ESPGHAN Committee on Nutrition. (2013). Vitamin D in the Healthy European Paediatric Population. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. https://doi.org/10.1097/mpg.0b013e31828f3c05

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