Background: Vitamin D and calcium deficiencies are common worldwide, causing nutritional
rickets and osteomalacia, which have a major impact on health, growth, and development of …

Abstract Purpose of Review Nutritional rickets and osteomalacia are common in dark-
skinned and migrant populations. Their global incidence is rising due to changing …

Worldwide, nutritional rickets continues to be an evolving problem with several causes. This
paper provides an updated literature review characterising the prevalence, aetiology …

Defective mineralization of the growth plate and preformed osteoid result in rickets and
osteomalacia, respectively. The leading cause of rickets worldwide is solar vitamin D …

Nutritional rickets, an ancient disease that was thought to have been cured in the early part
of the 20th century, has made an unexpected comeback in recent years throughout the …

Background Nutritional rickets is a disease of growing children leading to bone deformities,
bone pain, convulsions or delayed motor development. Today, high‐incidence of nutritional …

Introduction: Nutritional rickets has been described from at least 59 countries in the last 20
years. Its spectrum of causes differs in different regions of the world. Methods: We conducted …

Immigrant and refugee populations bring public health challenges to host nations. In the
current global refugee crisis, children are the most vulnerable subpopulation. Diseases that …

Nutritional rickets (NR) is still the most common form of growing bone disease despite the
efforts of health care providers to reduce the incidence of the disease. Today, it is well …

Nutritional rickets remains a global public health problem, despite effective and inexpensive
means to prevent and treat the disease. It is most prevalent in the infant/toddler age groups …