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We still don’t know that our children need vitamin D daily: a study of parents’ understanding of vitamin D requirements in children aged 0-2 years

Day R, Krishnarao  R, Sahota P, Christian MS

 

 

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Background

Vitamin D deficiency has been highlighted as a serious public health problem in the United Kingdom. One in four toddlers are not achieving the recommended intake for their healthy development. This study uses quantitative and qualitative methods to explore parents’ perceptions, awareness and behaviours around vitamin D intake, and the acceptability of and factors affecting purchasing of food and drink fortified with Vitamin D in children aged 0–2 years old.

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Role of vitamin D supplementation for primary prevention of cancer: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Varun Samji, Tarek Haykal, Yazan Zayed, Inderdeep Gakhal, Vijay Veerapaneni, Michelle Obeid, Babikir Kheiri, Sunil Badami, Ghassan Bachuwa, Rizwan Danish; Hurley Medical Center/Michigan State University, Flint, MI; Genesee Cancer and Blood Disease, Flint, MI, Role of vitamin D supplementation for primary prevention of cancer: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl; abstr 1534)

 

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting, Abstract No: 1534, Poster Session (Board #28)

 

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Effects of Egg Consumption and Choline Supplementation on Plasma Choline and Trimethylamine-N-Oxide in a Young Population

Lemos. S B, Vera-Medina I et al, 15 May 2018, Effects of Egg Consumption and Choline Supplementation on Plasma Choline and Trimethylamine-N-Oxide in a Young Population, Journal of the American College of Nutrition (2018), 37(8):716-723.

ABSTRACT
Background: Plasma trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) concentrations have been associated with cardiovascular disease risk. Eggs are a rich source of choline, which is a precursor of TMAO.

Advocacy for Improving Nutrition in the First 1000 Days to Support Childhood Development and Adult Health

Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg, MD, FAAP, Michael K. Georgieff, MD, FAAP, COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION

Schwarzenberg Jane S, Georgieff K. M et al, 1 February 2018, Advocacy for Improving Nutrition in the First 1000 Days to Support Childhood Development and Adult Health, Pediatrics (February 2018), 141(2)

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Choline: The Underconsumed and Underappreciated Essential Nutrient

Wallace, Taylor C., PhD, CFS, FACN; Blusztajn, Jan Krzysztof, PhD; Caudill, Marie A., PhD, RD; Klatt, Kevin C., MS; Natker, Elana, MS, RD; Zeisel, Steven H., MD, PhD; Zelman, Kathleen M., MPH, RD, LD

Wallace Taylor C, Blusztajn Krzysztof J et al, 1 November 2018, Choline: The Underconsumed and Underappreciated Essential Nutrient, Nutrition Today (November/December 2018), 53(6):240-253.

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