LATEST VITAMIN D NEWS HEADLINE:

Title: 1 in 7 U.S. Teens is Vitamin D Deficient - - But the Odds are Much Greater for Girls, African Americans, 11 Mar 2009
See full article here: http://www.prohealth.com//library/showArticle.cfm?libid=14388*
Excerpt: "One in seven American adolescents is vitamin D deficient, according to a new study by researchers in the Department of Public Health at Weill Cornell Medical College. ... More than half of African-American teens are vitamin D deficient. Girls had more than twice the risk of deficiency compared with boys. And overweight teens had nearly double the risk of their normal-weight counterparts. ... Another concern is the increased risk of deficiency in girls, some of whom may become pregnant during adolescence. The authors note that a lack of vitamin D may increase maternal risk of preeclampsia and gestational diabetes and may be associated with reduced bone mineralization in the offspring."   

* "Implications of a New Definition of Vitamin D Deficiency in a Multiracial US Adolescent Population: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III,” Pediatrics, Mar 2009.

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