Children may need more vitamin D than the current recommendations call for, according to new research.
The authors of a new study report that children with suboptimal vitamin D blood levels did not reach optimal levels after taking nearly twice the recommended amount of the nutrient daily for six months.
Vitamin D is important for calcium metabolism and bone health, says lead investigator Kumaravel Rajakumar, pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and associate professor of pediatrics at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
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