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Supplements: when will vitamin D have its day in the sun?

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Most breast-fed and many formula-fed infants in the USA have an inadequate daily intake of vitamin D—below the amounts recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)—according to the results of a study by Perrine et al. The majority of infants might, therefore, need daily vitamin supplementation to meet the 2008 AAP recommendation.

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, 02115, MA, USA

    Helen M. Pappa

  2. Divisions of Adolescent Medicine and Endocrinology, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, 02115, MA, USA

    Catherine M. Gordon

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Pappa, H., Gordon, C. Supplements: when will vitamin D have its day in the sun?. Nat Rev Endocrinol 6, 539–540 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2010.127

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