- No consensus on MINIMUM International Units (IU) for healthy infant of normal weight
- 400 IU Vitamin D is no longer enough
Was OK in the past century, but D levels have been dropping for a great many reasons.
FDA doubled the vitamin D level in milk in July 2016 - No consensus: range is 600 to 1600 IU – based on many randomized controlled trials
- Fewer infants were vitamin D deficient when they got 800 IU – RCT Feb 2014
- 1600 IU was the conclusion of three JAMA studies
1000 IU recommended in France and Finland – 2013 - appears to be a good level
A recommended level may be agreed upon around the world by 2020 - 5X less mite allergy after add vitamin D
- Child bone fractures with low vitamin D were 55X more likely to need surgery
- 75 % of SIDS had low vitamin D
- Children stayed in ICU 3.5 days longer if low vitamin D – Dec 2015
- 5 out of 6 children who died in pediatric critical care unit had low vitamin D – May 2014
Having a good level of vitamin D cuts in half the amount of:
- Asthma, Chronic illness, Doctor visits, Allergies, infection
Respiratory Tract Infection, Growing pains, Bed wetting
Need even more IUs of vitamin D to get a good level if;
- Have little vitamin D: premie, twin, mother did not get much sun access
- Get little vitamin D: dark skin, little access to sun
- Vitamin D is consumed faster than normal due to sickness
- Older (need at least 100 IU/kilogram, far more if obese)
- Not get any vitamin D from formula (breast fed) or (fortified) milk
Note – formula does not even provide 400 IU of vitamin D daily
Infants-Children need Vitamin D
- Sun is great – well known for 1,000’s of years.
US govt (1934) even said infants should be out in the sun - One country recommended 2,000 IU daily for decades – with no known problems
- As with adults, infants and children can have loading doses and rarely need tests
- Daily dose appears to be best, but monthly seems OK
- Vitamin D is typically given to infants in the form of drops
big difference in taste between brands
can also use water-soluable form of vitamin D in milk, food, juice, - Infants have evolved to get a big boost of vitamin D immediately after birth
Colostrum has 3X more vitamin D than breast milk - provided the mother has any vitamin D to spare - 100 IU per kg of infant July 2011, Poland etc.
More than 100 IU/kg is probably better
Getting Vitamin D into infants
Many infants reject vitamin D drops, even when put on nipple
I speculate that the rejection is due to one or more of: additives, taste, and oils.
Infants have a hard time digesting oils, 1999 1997 and palm oils W.A. Price 1 2 3
Coconut oil, such as in D-Drops, is digested by infants. 1, 2 3
Bio-Tech Pharmacal Vitamin D has NO additves, taste, oil
One capsule of 50,000 Bio-Tech Pharmacal Vitamin D could be stirred into monthly formula
this would result in ~1,600 IUs per day for infant, and higher dose with weight/age/formula consumption
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items in BOTH of categories: Infant-Child and dark skin- Children in India – 1 in 7 extremely low Vitamin D, 1 in 10 prediabetic – Sept 2019
- Pregnant while black increases chance of death – mothers 3X, infants 2X (low Vitamin D) – Feb 2019
- Black infant recurrent wheezing rate dropped from 42 percent to 31 percent with just 400 IU of vitamin D – RCT Dec 2018
- All preteen aged girls in India taking 2,000 IU of vitamin D got levels above 20 ng – RCT Nov 2018
- Low birth weight far more likely if African-American (low vitamin D) – 1997, Aug 2018
- Indoor pollution is a problem with obese black asthmatic children – May 2018
- Crohn's disease in black children is worse in 6 ways – Dec 2015
- Black infants far less likely to be breast-fed (wonder – culture or low Vitamin D) – Aug 2017
- Vitamin D needed to get children to just 20 ng in winter 800 IU white skin, 1100 IU dark (Sweden) – RCT June 2017
- Many US kids have less than 40 ng of Vitamin D – 99 out of 100 blacks, 91 out of 100 whites – Jan 2017
- Small for gestational age with low vitamin D – 3.6X higher for blacks than whites – April 2016
- Type I diabetes in dark skin children associated with low vitamin D if far from equator – Jan 2015
- Dark skinned children were vitamin D deficient in Italy (not infants) – Nov 2014
- Breastfed Infants in Iowa got very little vitamin D, especially if winter or dark skin – July 2013
- Black infants had far lower vitamin D levels which did not vary with season – Jan 2013
- 83 percent of children had less than 20 ng of vitamin D – 15 ng avg for hispanic – Aug 2012
- Rickets in 30 percent of infants in India who had low vitamin D – March 2011
- Large increase in dark skin children with vitamin D deficiency in Glasgow – June 2010
- Dark Skinned babies probably need vitamin D to prevent nutritional rickets - 2001
items in BOTH of categories: Infant-Child and Trauma/Surgery- 3X less Septic Shock in children with sepsis getting 150,000 IU of Vitamin D - RCT June 2020
- PICU children with low vitamin D levels have worse health scores (PRISM-III) – Feb 2020
- Vitamin D levels dropped 42 percent immediately after pediatric cardiac surgery – Dec 2019
- Septic children have low Vitamin D (54 studies, ignored Vitamin D Receptor) – meta-analysis April 2019
- Candida infections in PICU reduced by Vitamin D in yogurt – RCT Feb 2019
- Children entering ICU with low vitamin D were 3.5 X more likely to have a poor ICU score– Oct 2018
- Critically ill children with low vitamin D: 2.5 X more likely to die or stay 2 days longer - meta-analysis Nov 2017
- Micronutrients (such as Vitamin D) for critically ill children – review Oct 2017
- Critically ill children – randomized clinical trial to give single doses of up to 400,000 IU of vitamin D – 2019
- Vitamin D deficiency in pediatric critical illness: Time to move on from observational studies – Nov 2016
- Low vitamin D in Pediatric ICU – 5 times more ill (morbidity) – Spanish Nov 2016
- Children in Intensive Care need Vitamin D loading dose of 10000 IU per kg (nearing a consensus) - Oct 2016
- Children stayed in ICU 3.5 days longer if low vitamin D – Dec 2015
- Rapid Normalization of Vitamin D in Critically Ill Children (10,000 IU per kg) – clinical trial
- Congenital Heart problems - vitamin D levels drop even lower after surgery, loading dose probably required - thesis 2015
- Infant in ICU much more likely to die if low vitamin D – Nov 2015
- 5 out of 6 children who died in pediatric critical care unit had low vitamin D – May 2014
- Hospitalization consumes vitamin D in children – March 2014
- Congenital heart surgery dropped vitamin D levels by 40 percent – July 2013
- Vitamin D deficient children stayed in ICU almost 2 days longer – Sept 2012
items in BOTH of categories: Infant-Child and Breathing- Recurrent Wheezing in children is associated with low Vitamin D – June 2020
- Respiratory viral infection (RSV) and low vitamin D – July 2020
- Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Infants reduced 5.9 X by daily 600 IU of vitamin D (China) - March 2020
- Gene which predicts wheezing is associated with low vitamin D – Oct 2019
- Bronchiolitis in children associated with both pollution and low solar – July 2019
- Allergic Rhinitis in infants treated by 1,000 IU vitamin D daily – June 2019
- Asthmatic children 5X more likely to have a poor Vitamin D Receptor – June 2019
- Babies 3.6X more likely to go to hospital for asthma if asthmatic mother had low vitamin D while pregnant – June 2019
- Childhood Asthma somewhat reduced by 2400 IU vitamin D late in pregnancy (néed more, earlier) March 2019
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome in preemies 5 X more likely if poor vitamin D receptor – Feb 2019
- Black infant recurrent wheezing rate dropped from 42 percent to 31 percent with just 400 IU of vitamin D – RCT Dec 2018
- Asthma in child 2.3 X more likely if both parents asthmatic (unless add Vitamin D) – VDAART Nov 2018
- Immature lungs in immature newborns – Vitamin D helps – Sept 2018
- Bronchiolitis had 1.3 X longer hospitalization if low Vitamin D (1016 infants) – Sept 2018
- Pneumonia in Egyptian Children 3.6 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Aug 2018
- Childhood pneumonia not treated by 100,000 IU of vitamin D – Cochrane (need more, inhaled) – July 2018
- Pneumonia is increasing (now 1 in 6 child deaths), more vitamin D studies needed – June 2018
- Childhood Respiratory Health hardly improved with 600 IU of vitamin D (need much more) – May 2018
- Indoor pollution is a problem with obese black asthmatic children – May 2018
- Both parents smoke – child’s vitamin D level was 30 percent lower and worse asthma – May 2018
- Allergic rhinitis in children reduced somewhat during pollen season by just 1,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Jan 2018
- Half the risk of Influenza -A in infants taking 1200 IU of vitamin D for 4 months – RCT Jan 2018
- Rapid newborn breathing (transient tachypnea) associated with low vitamin D – Dec 2017
- Premature infants with poor lungs (Respiratory distress syndrome) have low levels of vitamin D – Nov 2017
- Risk of infant Asthma cut in half if mother supplemented Vitamin D to get more than 30 ng – RCT Oct 2017
- Respiratory infection in infant was 7 X more likely if low cord Vitamin D – March 2017
- Viral Pneumonia in children 52 X more-likely if very low vitamin D (trend) – June 2017
- Childhood asthma problems eliminated for months by 600,000 IU of Vitamin D injection – June 2017
- Childhood allergy, asthma and eczema associated with repeated low vitamin D tests – Oct 2016
- Childhood asthma about 1.3 times more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis Aug 2016
- Five times less mite allergy when vitamin D added in mid pregnancy and to infant – RCT April 2016
- Hay fever (allergic rhinitis) risk reduced 20 percent for each 100 IU of vitamin D during early pregnancy – Feb 2016
- Asthma in 3 year olds decreased somewhat with 4,000 IU during pregnancy – RCT Jan 2016
- Respiratory tract infections in childhood – vitamin D is needed, no consensus of how much – Oct 2015
- RSV (bronchitis and viral pneumonia) in infants associated with low vitamin D and antibiotics – Aug 2015
- Respiratory distress after preterm birth is more likely if low vitamin D – review April 2015
- All preemies with Chronic Lung Disease had low vitamin D levels– July 2015
- Low dose Vitamin D during pregnancy and infancy results in strange acute respiratory infection response – April 2015
- Newborn acute lower respiratory tract infection associated with low maternal vitamin D – March 2015
- Low vitamin D during pregnancy associated with four health problems in children – Jan 2015
- Low vitamin D at birth associated with later milk sensitization, allergic rhinitis and asthma – Nov 2014
- Acute Lower Respiratory Infections in Children - associated with low vitamin D – meta-analysis Dec 2014
- Respiratory Tract visits 2.5 less likely with vitamin D: Pregnancy 2000 IU, Infant 800 IU – RCT Oct 2014
- No preemie had even 30 ng of vitamin D, lower D associated with more Respiratory Distress – Aug 2013
- Asthma is not treated by weekly 14,000 IU of vitamin D (proven yet again) July 2014
- 2000 IU of vitamin D should improve toddlers health in winter – RCT almost completed Feb 2014
- More Hypertension in obese children with low vitamin D, especially at night – Dec 2013
- Largest cause of infant deaths is respiratory infections, which is associated with low vitamin D – April 2011
- Vitamin D Deficiency is a Strong Predictor (4X) of Asthma in Children – Oct 2012
- Acute lower respiratory infection 5X more frequent with low vitamin D intake – June 2012
items in BOTH of categories: Infant-Child and Obesity- Obese children had 2.2 X less response to a single dose of Vitamin D – Oct 2020
- Little weight loss in obese children from very small amount of vitamin D (1200 IU) – RCT April 2020
- Increased weight in children 8X more likely for each unit increase in adenovirus (if ignore Vitamin D) – Nov 2019
- Obesity 3X more likely in US children having low vitamin D – July 2019
- Overweight children are 3.4 X more likely to have low Vitamin D – March 2019
- Indoor pollution is a problem with obese black asthmatic children – May 2018
- Severe Non-Alcoholic fatty liver disease treated by Omega-3 – RCT April 2018
- The Convergence of Two Epidemics: Vitamin D Deficiency in Obese School-aged Children – Jan 2018
- Fatty liver disease in children nicely treated by combination of Vitamin D and Omega-3 – RCT Dec 2016
- Omega-3 in infancy reduces Obesity following antibiotic (confirmed in rats, suspected in humans) – Feb 2016
- Vitamin D deficiency and childhood obesity: interactions, implications, and recommendations (5,000 IU) – Feb 2016
- Obese children – 71 percent had low vitamin D– Jan 2016
- Infant risk of obesity increased by 50 percent if low vitamin D during pregnancy – Sept 2015
- Obese children and youths need more vitamin D – Review Feb 2015
- Overweight children associated with low vitamin D during pregnancy – 2015, 2018
- Higher vitamin D at birth associated with less diabetes and obesity 35 years later – Jan 2014
- More Hypertension in obese children with low vitamin D, especially at night – Dec 2013
- Very poor follow-thu with vitamin D testing and supplementation of obese children – June 2013
- Obese children gain weight more quickly when have low vitamin D – Oct 2013
- Obese mothers with adequate vitamin D gave birth to low D and fat infants – Jan 2013
- Heavier kids more vitamin D deficient, especially if dark skinned – Pediatrics Dec 2012
- Obese children with celiac disease had lower levels of vitamin D – April 2012
- The more vitamin D the lower the infant BMI – March 2011
- Obama task force told that childhood Obesity linked to Vitamin D Deficiency – Aug 2010
Infant-Child Intervention trials using Vitamin D:- Little weight loss in obese children from very small amount of vitamin D (1200 IU) – RCT April 2020
- Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Infants reduced 5.9 X by daily 600 IU of vitamin D (China) - March 2020
- Bones of white children not helped by 1,000 IU of vitamin D (Northern latitudes) – RCT Sept 2018
- Vitamin D levels in children optimized with six Vitamin D biscuits – RCT Nov 2018
- Tic disorder reduced by Vitamin D supplementation – Aug 2019
- Preemie immunity (Treg) vastly improved by 800 IU of Vitamin D daily – RCT July 2019
- Allergic Rhinitis in infants treated by 1,000 IU vitamin D daily – June 2019
- Treatment of neonate sepsis greatly aided by Vitamin D – RCT June 2019
- 400 IU of Vitamin D in food provided virtually no benefit to children - March 2018
- Children need 2000 IU of Vitamin D (India) - RCT May 2019
- Preterm babies have low vitamin D, but recover in 6 weeks with 800 IU supplementation – Jan 2019
- 1200 IU vs 400 IU of vitamin D did not improve bone health or immunity of children who were sufficient – RCT July 2018
- Childhood Respiratory Health hardly improved with 600 IU of vitamin D (need much more) – May 2018
- 430 genes changed when 3,800 IU Vitamin D added in late second trimester – RCT May 2018
- Severe Non-Alcoholic fatty liver disease treated by Omega-3 – RCT April 2018
- 400 IU of Vitamin D provided no benefit to children (not a surprise) – RCT March 2018
- Allergic rhinitis in children reduced somewhat during pollen season by just 1,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Jan 2018
- Half the risk of Influenza -A in infants taking 1200 IU of vitamin D for 4 months – RCT Jan 2018
- Risk of infant Asthma cut in half if mother supplemented Vitamin D to get more than 30 ng – RCT Oct 2017
- Preemies getting 800 IU of vitamin D were 3X less likely to have low bone density 4 weeks later – RCT Oct 2017
- Preemies need 1,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Sept 2017
- Fatty liver disease in children nicely treated by combination of Vitamin D and Omega-3 – RCT Dec 2016
- Vitamin D needed to get children to just 20 ng in winter 800 IU white skin, 1100 IU dark (Sweden) – RCT June 2017
- Childhood asthma problems eliminated for months by 600,000 IU of Vitamin D injection – June 2017
- Breastfeeding mothers and Vitamin D: supplement only themselves usually, 4 out of 10 used monthly rather than daily – Jan 2017
- Premature infants (30 weeks) who got 800-1000 IU of vitamin D were much healthier – March 2017
- Newborn Vitamin D - single 50,000 IU is better than daily – RCT Sept 2016
- Mother got 100,000 IU of vitamin D monthly, breastfeeding infant got a little – RCT Aug 2016
- Monthly 120,000 IU of Vitamin D during lactation worked well - May 2016
- Infant infection reduced by half with vitamin D supplementation – RCT May 2016
- Five times less mite allergy when vitamin D added in mid pregnancy and to infant – RCT April 2016
- Vitamin D improved child muscle mass even without varying dose with weight – RCT Feb 2016
- Breastfeeding mother getting 6400 IU of Vitamin D is similar to infant getting 400 IU – RCT Sept 2015
- Children getting 60,000 IU monthly got to vitamin D level of 33 ng – Sept 2015
- Breast-feeding mothers need 2000 IU of vitamin D to get infants to even 12 ng – July 2015
- 2,000 IU of vitamin D reduced schizophrenia chance by 77 percent (male infants) - 2004
- Growing pains reduced 57 percent by vitamin D therapy – May 2015
- T1 diabetes in children helped with two doses of 150,000 IU of vitamin D and Calcium – March 2015
- 50,000 IU Vitamin D one time after birth helped – RCT Jan 2015
- Type 1 diabetes helped with 50,000 IU of vitamin D every two weeks – Nov 2014
- Growing pains reduced 60 percent by monthly Vitamin D – March 2014
- Respiratory Tract visits 2.5 less likely with vitamin D: Pregnancy 2000 IU, Infant 800 IU – RCT Oct 2014
- 2000 IU vitamin D during pregnancy and 800 IU to infant resulted in less use of antibiotics – RCT April 2014
- Neonate loading dose of 30,000 IU vitamin D helped a lot – May 2014
- 2000 IU of vitamin D should improve toddlers health in winter – RCT almost completed Feb 2014
- 800 IU vitamin D for infant and 2000 IU for mother is good, not great – RCT Dec 2013
- Breast milk resulted in 20 ng of vitamin D for infant if mother had taken 5,000 IU daily – RCT Dec 2013
- Severe tooth decay in children unless supplemented with Vitamin D drops – Oct 2013
- Middle ear infection (Otitis Media) and Vitamin D – many studies
- Many preemies need at least 800 IU of vitamin D – RCT May 2013
Items in both categories Infant/Child and Toxicity are listed here:- Vitamin D toxicity is extremely rare, accidental, and very mild in Iranian children – July 2020
- Infant hospitalized after Vitamin D overdose (8,000 X too much) Feb 2016
- Rare infant vitamin D toxicity – due to errors which resulted in more that 240,000 IU – Jan 2014
- Concern about accidentally giving infant too much liquid vitamin D – Aug 2012
- Dosing error gave 12000 IU vitamin D to infant, but no indication of any problem – April 2012
- CYP24A1 gene mutation is a cause of rare infant vitamin D toxicity – Aug 2011
Here are 200 recent Infant/Child articles
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- Obese children had 2.2 X less response to a single dose of Vitamin D – Oct 2020
- Children with low vitamin D far more likely to hospitalized with COVID-19 – Oct 2020
- Children with Celiac Disease were 2.6X more-likely to be vitamin D deficient – Sept 2020
- Forearm fractures in children having low Vitamin D had 3.8 X higher risk of surgery – Aug 2020
- 73 percent of US infants still do not even get 400 IU of Vitamin D - June 2020
- Recurrent Wheezing in children is associated with low Vitamin D – June 2020
- Vitamin D toxicity is extremely rare, accidental, and very mild in Iranian children – July 2020
- Children with low Vitamin D slept 1 hour less, had 1 hour later betimes – July 2020
- Respiratory viral infection (RSV) and low vitamin D – July 2020
- Little weight loss in obese children from very small amount of vitamin D (1200 IU) – RCT April 2020
- 3X less Septic Shock in children with sepsis getting 150,000 IU of Vitamin D - RCT June 2020
- Polish children need 45 minutes of noon sun to get 800 IU of Vitamin D – July 2020
- Poor CYP2R1 gene results in lower vitamin D and 2X increase in T1 Diabetes – Sept 2019
- Child soccer players who were deficient were helped by a single 200,000 IU vitamin D dose – RCT May 2020
- Infant and child immunity depends on Vitamin D and two Vitamin D genes – Review April 2020
- Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Infants reduced 5.9 X by daily 600 IU of vitamin D (China) - March 2020
- PICU children with low vitamin D levels have worse health scores (PRISM-III) – Feb 2020
- Germany raised Vitamin D RDA to 800 IU - helped infants, but not children (who need even more) – June 2019
- Sleep duration in 2 year olds proportional to Vitamin D levels – Dec 2019
- Breastfeeding a child without adding vitamin D increases risk of many food allergies (egg whites in this case) – Jan 2020
- Antibiotics increased the risk of asthma by 47%, and allergies by 25% - Dec 2019
- Vitamin D levels dropped 42 percent immediately after pediatric cardiac surgery – Dec 2019
- Seafood (Omega-3) during pregnancy increased childhood IQ by 8 points – review Dec 2019
- Turkey needs to give Vitamin D to children too (infants get D for free) – June 2019
- 26 X increase in Vitamin D prescriptions for youths in England in 8 years – Dec 2019
- Infant 7.6 X more likely to be Vitamin D deficient if mother had been – Nov 2019
- Milk Consumption Is strong linked to Type 1 Diabetes – Dr. Greger Nov 2019
- European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) found “paucity” of Vitamin D data for infants – Nov 2019
- I have a PhD in immunology and this is how I keep my daughter from getting sick during the winter
- Relapses of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) – 1 in 5 are due to genes mutated by chemotherapy – Nov 2019
- Increased weight in children 8X more likely for each unit increase in adenovirus (if ignore Vitamin D) – Nov 2019
- Eating fish improves cognition (Omega-3 fish during pregnancy in this case) - Oct 2019
- Bones of white children not helped by 1,000 IU of vitamin D (Northern latitudes) – RCT Sept 2018
- Preemies still have low vitamin D at age 6 – Oct 2019
- T1 Diabetes treated by Vitamin D and Omega-3 (many other studies agree) Jan 2018
- Children in Mongolia helped by 800 IU of Vitamin D (need a lot more) – RCT Oct 2019
- Childhood Cancer survivors – only 1 in 25 had consumed Vitamin D RDA – Oct 2019
- Low vitamin D newborns getting cows milk formula more likely to get allergies – RCT Oct 2019
- Infant Vitamin D doubles 6 months after birth (can double in 2 weeks)– Oct 2019
- Gene which predicts wheezing is associated with low vitamin D – Oct 2019
- Teeth from 19th century London indicate that most children were Vitamin D Deficient - Oct 2019
- World Arthritis Day - Children who suffer with arthritis are lacking Vitamin D - Oct 2019
- Child abuse fractures – 96 percent were associated with poor bones (low vitamin D, etc.) – Oct 2019
- Children in India – 1 in 7 extremely low Vitamin D, 1 in 10 prediabetic – Sept 2019
- Child movement disorders reduced in 1 week by Vitamin D injection (China) – Oct 2019
- Type 1 diabetes trial having problems getting participants – too many taking Vitamin D or Omega-3 – Aug 2019
- Vitamin D levels in children optimized with six Vitamin D biscuits – RCT Nov 2018
- Type 1 Diabetes is prevented and treated by Vitamin D – review of 16 studies – Sept 2019
- T1 Diabetes reduction by high Omega-3 and Vitamin D – GRH ongoing observation
- Childhood allergies (Atopy) 4.8 X more likely if low vitamin D in early pregnancy – Aug 2019
- Tic disorder reduced by Vitamin D supplementation – Aug 2019
- Children 41X more likely to be vitamin D deficient if both parents were deficient – Dec 2018
- Newborn vitamin D level is often lower than maternal, this study says it is double – Aug 2019
- NAFLD associated with low vitamin D (in children too) – meta-analysis Aug 2019
- Half as many tooth enamel defects in child if 2400 IU Vitamin D in late pregnancy – RCT Aug 2019
- 6 year-old children were 5X less likely to have food allergies if supplementing with vitamin D – July 2019
- Septic children have low Vitamin D (54 studies, ignored Vitamin D Receptor) – meta-analysis April 2019
- Preemie immunity (Treg) vastly improved by 800 IU of Vitamin D daily – RCT July 2019
- Ability to walk at age 1 is 3.9 X more likely if sufficient vitamin D – July 2019
- 2X improved development by severely malnourished children with 2 loading doses of vitamin D – RCT May 2018
- Bronchiolitis in children associated with both pollution and low solar – July 2019
- Obesity 3X more likely in US children having low vitamin D – July 2019
- Children with cancer were deficient in Vitamin D, Vitamin C, and Zinc – July 2019
- Children with allergies often depressed and anxious (low micro-nutrients, such as vitamin D, were not mentioned) – July 2019
- Dr. Sears podcast with Carole Baggerly about Vitamin D (with transcript) - July 2019
- Hypertension 2X more likely as a youth if low vitamin D for first 3 years of life – June 2019
- Allergic Rhinitis in infants treated by 1,000 IU vitamin D daily – June 2019
- Treatment of neonate sepsis greatly aided by Vitamin D – RCT June 2019
- Asthmatic children 5X more likely to have a poor Vitamin D Receptor – June 2019
- Babies 3.6X more likely to go to hospital for asthma if asthmatic mother had low vitamin D while pregnant – June 2019
- More UV during first trimester, less Osteoporosis in offspring – June 2019
- Children with periodic fevers (PFAPA) have half the vitamin D levels of others – June 2019
- 100,000 IU Vitamin D weekly for 4 weeks is safe and effective for children – May 2019
- Vitamin D in European baby formula to be reduced 17 percent – May 2019
- Infant Problem-Solving Skills Linked to Mother’s DHA Omega-3 Level During Pregnancy – April 2019
- 400 IU of Vitamin D in food provided virtually no benefit to children - March 2018
- Bone marrow foot oedema (rare pain in children, all were Vitamin D deficient) – May 2019
- Spinal muscular atrophy - 2 million dollar drug or try Vitamin D - May 2019
- Children need 2000 IU of Vitamin D (India) - RCT May 2019
- Type 1 Diabetes prevention with Vitamin D and Omega-3 – Symposium April 2019
- Polish pediatric center: 40 percent took vitamin D – March 2019
- Vitamin D compliance 3X higher when children with fractures actually knew their low vitamin D level – March 2019
- Vitamin D congress on pregnancy and childhood diseases – April 2019
- Half as many teeth problems if higher cord blood level of vitamin D – March 2019
- Type 1 Diabetes risk increased if high postpartum Vitamin D binding protein – Jan 2019
- Decreased response to vitamin D in white children having poor Vitamin D binding gene – Feb 2019
- Growth Hormone Deficiency treated by treating Vitamin D Deficiency – March 2019
- Childhood Asthma somewhat reduced by 2400 IU vitamin D late in pregnancy (néed more, earlier) March 2019
- Overweight children are 3.4 X more likely to have low Vitamin D – March 2019
- Urinary Tract Infection in children 4.8 X more likely if low Vitamin D – meta-analysis Feb 2019
- Kawasaki disease (strawberry tongue) not treated by occasional 400 IU of Vitamin D – Feb 2019
- 34 percent increase in hospital admissions for low vitamin D in a single year (UK) – Feb 2019
- Candida infections in PICU reduced by Vitamin D in yogurt – RCT Feb 2019
- Pregnant while black increases chance of death – mothers 3X, infants 2X (low Vitamin D) – Feb 2019
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome in preemies 5 X more likely if poor vitamin D receptor – Feb 2019
- Which children need Vitamin D tests (no consensus, should give Vit D to all) – March 2019
- Romania joins Turkey in giving free Vitamin D to all infants – 2018
- Infants need 400 IU of vitamin D to prevent rickets – meta-analysis Feb 2019
- Prisoners Get More Time Outdoors Than Children - Feb 2019
- Extreme Heat Events increase congenital heart defects (perhaps low vitamin D) - Jan 2019
- Malnourished children with low vitamin D were 2.8 X more likely to be stunted – Aug 2018
- Young white children helped by 1500 IU of vitamin D – Jan 2019
- Prebiotics increased Vitamin D in celiac disease patients (gut-friendly Vit. D also helps) – RCT Nov 2018
- Food allergy is linked to season of birth, sun exposure, and vitamin D deficiency – Jan 2019
- Oxidative stress and inflammation associated with low vitamin D in children – review Dec 2018
- Preterm babies have low vitamin D, but recover in 6 weeks with 800 IU supplementation – Jan 2019
- T1 Diabetes – how it may be prevented and treated by Vitamin D – Dec 2018
- Infants sometimes lack Oxygen – 1,000 IU Vitamin D daily helps – Dec 2018
- Black infant recurrent wheezing rate dropped from 42 percent to 31 percent with just 400 IU of vitamin D – RCT Dec 2018
- All preteen aged girls in India taking 2,000 IU of vitamin D got levels above 20 ng – RCT Nov 2018
- Childhood Food Allergies (UK 1 in 14) – huge recent increase (low vitamin D) - Dec 2018
- Vitamin D and Omega-3 may treat Type 1 Diabetes – RCT 2024
- Low birth weight far more likely if African-American (low vitamin D) – 1997, Aug 2018
- Severe hand, foot, and mouth virus is 2.9 X more likely if poor Vitamin D receptor – Oct 2018
- Asthma in child 2.3 X more likely if both parents asthmatic (unless add Vitamin D) – VDAART Nov 2018
- Vitamin D deficiency 2.5 X more likely in iron-deficient children – Dec 2018
- Child died in hospital, death due to low vitamin D, mother is suing hospital – Nov 2018
- Vitamin D consensus for Italian children, 30 ng needed, up to 4,000 IU if over age 10 – May 2018
- Vitamin D levels have been crashing since 1995 (Polish Children, Elite Military, etc)
- More UVB at 12th week of pregnancy associated with less Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis – Oct 2018
- Immature lungs in immature newborns – Vitamin D helps – Sept 2018
- Children short sleep 12 percent more likely for each 1 ng lower vitamin D at birth – Oct 2018
- Stressors as a fetus or child can cause health problems in adult (perhaps via epigenetics) – Dec 2017
- Children entering ICU with low vitamin D were 3.5 X more likely to have a poor ICU score– Oct 2018
- Child exposed to smoke is 1.5 X more likely to have low vitamin D – Oct 2018
- More US infants die in 1st day than in all other developed countries COMBINED (and US gives vaccine in first day) – May 2013
- Bronchiolitis had 1.3 X longer hospitalization if low Vitamin D (1016 infants) – Sept 2018
- Type 1 Diabetes is increasing – decreased vitamin D is one of the many possible reasons – Sept 2018
- Arthritic children have low vitamin D (84 percent of the studies) – May 2018
- IBD in children might be associated with low sun exposure – Aug 2018
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease in children is associated with low Vitamin D, Iron (also low Zinc for Crohn’s) – Aug 2018
- No tooth decay in children with adequate Vitamin D (small study) – June 2018
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis 2.2 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Aug 2018
- Early Type 1 Diabetes May Shorten Women’s Lives by 18 Years - Aug 2018
- Pneumonia in Egyptian Children 3.6 X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Aug 2018
- Vitamin D loading dose of 300,000 IU for children – 3 weeks with capsules, biscuits, injection – RCT Aug 2018
- Infant Vitamin D – JAMA said 1600 IU, Europe says 1,000 IU upper limit – June 2018
- Vitamin D during lactation – 6,000 IU mom or 400 IU infant (Hollis, Wagner chapter) – Aug 2018
- Medicaid pays medical bills of 40 percent of children and 46 percent of pregnancies - Aug 2018
- Ear infections in children 3X more likely if poor vitamin D binding protein – July 2018
- 40 percent of internationally adopted children had low vitamin D (10-20 ng) – July 2018
- Infection in first six months of life: White 69 percent, Black, 78 percent – Jan 2018
- Children no longer get much vitamin D from milk - fortify at home
- 10 Reasons why children no longer have healthy levels of Vitamin D
- Childhood pneumonia not treated by 100,000 IU of vitamin D – Cochrane (need more, inhaled) – July 2018
- Only 1 in 6 infants got even 400 IU of vitamin D daily – June 2018
- Unclear if septic shock in children is fought by Vitamin D – July 2018
- Low levels of Vitamin D in UAE juveniles (virtually none had 30 ng) – Jan 2018
- 400 IU of vitamin D for the mother gave only 1 in 340 infants sufficient vitamin D – Nov 2017
- Systematic review of effective Vitamin D interventions in children - perhaps 2019
- Sudden kidney infection in children was 9X more likely if poor Vitamin D receptor – July 2018
- 1200 IU vs 400 IU of vitamin D did not improve bone health or immunity of children who were sufficient – RCT July 2018
- Vitamin D supplementation by only 1 in 60 US Children – JAMA June 2018
- Adding Vitamin D, Omega-3, etc to children’s milk improved memory (yet again) – RCT June 2018
- Pneumonia is increasing (now 1 in 6 child deaths), more vitamin D studies needed – June 2018
- Tics in children twice as likely to be severe if lower vitamin D – May 2018
- Childhood Respiratory Health hardly improved with 600 IU of vitamin D (need much more) – May 2018
- Omega-3 reduced violence in children and violence between parents – RCT May 2018
- Less than half of health providers recommend 600 to 1000 IU of vitamin D (age 1-18) – May 2018
- Poor handgrip strength in 5-year-old girls 3X more likely if low vitamin D – May 2018
- 430 genes changed when 3,800 IU Vitamin D added in late second trimester – RCT May 2018
- Vitamin D needed by pregnant women and neonates (in developing countries now too - 2 tables) – May 2018
- Children need vitamin D - good global overview, poor recommendations for Italian children - May 2018
- Reasons for children having low vitamin D (proposed by 10 societies) - May 2018
- Very low birth weight infants were OK with 600 IU of vitamin D plus Calcium and Phosphorus – May 2018
- Indoor pollution is a problem with obese black asthmatic children – May 2018
- Sleep half hour longer if OK level of Vitamin D (2-year olds) – April 2018
- Both parents smoke – child’s vitamin D level was 30 percent lower and worse asthma – May 2018
- UK infants are the least likely to get Vitamin D in Europe – political action overdue – April 2018
- Severe Non-Alcoholic fatty liver disease treated by Omega-3 – RCT April 2018
- Vitamin D deficiency in childhood - old lessons and current challenges – Feb 2018
- Child Asthma increased 2.1 X by antibiotics, Child milk allergy increased 4.4 X by PPI – April 2018
- Food allergies are associated with Vitamin D thru genes, etc. – March 2018
- Vitamin K guidelines for neonates need to be reconsidered – March 2018
- Saudi infants – 4 in 10 have low Vitamin D, 8 in 10 have low Calcium (hypocalcemia) – March 2018
- 400 IU of Vitamin D provided no benefit to children (not a surprise) – RCT March 2018
- Sepsis in infants 4.8 X more likely if poor vitamin D receptor – March 2018
- Higher vitamin D levels during pregnancy resulted in less obese infants – March 2018
- Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease (virus) strongly associated with low vitamin D – May 2017
- Forearm fractures in children having low Vitamin D had 1.7X higher risk of surgery – March 2018
- Growth Hormone treatment raised vitamin D levels by 16 ng – 2018
- 60 percent of preemies have brain damage from lack of brain Oxygen, which is associated with low vitamin D – Feb 2018
- Grip strength of children not improved by 800 IU Vitamin D daily (not nearly enough) – RCT Feb 2018
- Anemia in children 3.5 X more likely if low vitamin D – March 2018
- Bedwetting reduced 40 percent by 1,000 IU of vitamin D for 2 months – RCT Feb 2018
- Allergic rhinitis in children reduced somewhat during pollen season by just 1,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT Jan 2018
- Extreme preterm infants helped somewhat by 800 IU of vitamin D – RCT Jan 2018
- Type 1 Diabetes (T1DM) 1.6 X more likely if low vitamin D – meta-analysis Jan 2018
- Cerebral Palsy and Vitamin D
- Half the risk of Influenza -A in infants taking 1200 IU of vitamin D for 4 months – RCT Jan 2018
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis 8 X more likely if poor Vitamin D receptor – Dec 2017
- Vitamin D - Effects on Human Reproduction, Pregnancy, and Fetal Well-being – Dec 2017
- Russian children need 2,000-4,000 IU of Vitamin D to get most above 40 ng - Dec 2017
- Children with forearm fractures have lower levels of vitamin D – June 2017
- Rapid newborn breathing (transient tachypnea) associated with low vitamin D – Dec 2017
- Breastfed infant bones not helped by 800 IU of Vitamin D (not enough) – RCT Dec 2017
- Crohn's disease in black children is worse in 6 ways – Dec 2015
- Major increases in childhood health problems
- Preterm birth rate increased 60 percent in 50 years (US)
- Born too soon – premature births report by W.H.O. – 2010
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