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 …

Reports of hypovitaminosis D among adults in the United States have drawn attention to the
vitamin D status of children. National data on hypovitaminosis D among children are not yet …

Nutritional rickets is uncommon in North America, particularly in regions where sunlight is
plentiful. Recent epidemics in North America occurred in dark-skinned toddlers with poor …

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 …

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

Nutritional rickets remains a public health problem in many countries, despite dramatic
declines in the prevalence of the condition in many developed countries since the …

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 …

Recent case reports highlight the resurgence of rickets in certain groups of breastfed infants.
Infants residing in the North, irrespective of skin color, and dark-skinned African American …

Over one billion humans have insufficient circulating levels of vitamin D, and dietary
insufficiency of calcium is common in developing countries. Worldwide, nutritional rickets is …

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 …