Prevention of rickets in Asian children: assessment of the Glasgow campaign.

Low plasma vitamin D in Asian toddlers in Britain

“…Supplementation (through the provision of vitamin drops)—Despite our uncertainty about how many children with low plasma vitamin D values proceed to frank rickets, a modest supplement of vitamin D (the Department of Health drops provide 7 =B5g/day) is safe and effective in preventing rickets 8. The aim is that all pregnant women and children up to the age of 5 should receive a vitamin D supplement unless their professional adviser is confident that they are getting enough from the sun and diet.…”

Consensus Development for the Supplementation of Vitamin D in Childhood and Adolescence

“…Vitamin D deficiency in Asians, whose ethnic origin is from India, Pakistan or Bangladesh, living in the UK was first reported nearly 30 years ago [36,37]. Programs to improve life and social conditions, as well as public health initiatives to provide free vitamin D supplements, have led to declines in the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in these ethnic groups [38]. To prevent vitamin D deficiency, the UK Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy (COMA) has recommended that all infants receive 400 IU of vitamin D daily either as part of a multivitamin preparation or contained in fortified infant formula milk.…”

Cross-sectional analysis of universal vitamin D supplementation in former East Germany during the first year of life

“…There are two studies looking at the impact of universal supplementation in groups at risk of vitamin D deficiency in the UK [28,29]. Moy et al [29] described that vitamin D supplementation with 400 IU/day led to a 59% fall in the incidence rate of symptomatic vitamin D deficiency and almost universal public awareness of vitamin D deficiency.…”