Open AccessVitamin-D deficiency and its association with breast feeding among children at 1 year of age in an urban community in South India
Author(s) -
R Gnanaraj,
B Arul Premanand Lionel,
Meghana Paranjape,
Prabakar Devarajan Moses,
Jacob John,
Finney S. Geethanjali,
Winsley Rose
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_995_19
Subject(s) - medicine , association (psychology) , breast feeding , environmental health , vitamin d deficiency , pediatrics , demography , vitamin d and neurology , philosophy , epistemology , sociology
High prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency is reported among healthy infants, children and adolescents. Maternal Vitamin-D deficiency, poor vitamin-D content of breast milk even in Vitamin-D replete mothers, exclusive breastfeeding without Vitamin-D supplementation and inadequate sunlight exposure are important risk factors for Vitamin D deficiency in infants.