Background: It is a childhood disease that causes weak or soft bones and may be exposed
to fractures and skeletal deformities. Methodology: across–sectional descriptive study was …

As nutrition books go, this one is distinctly unusual in that it was written in one millenium and
published in another. Perhaps, therefore, this is an excellent juncture to reflect on a century …

Oxford University Press This resource provides nutrition and health practitioners with the
latest guidelines for nutrition throughout the life cycle, as well as topics on prevention and …

Nutritional rickets has been on the rise in the United States. A chart review of patients with
nutritional rickets from April 1995 to May 2005 was performed. Fifty-eight subjects were …

Nutritional rickets continues to be a public health problem in many countries despite the
presence of cheap and effective means of preventing the disease. Deficiency of vitamin D is …

Nutrition—An Evidence-Based, Practical Approach to Chronic Disease Prevention and
Treatment Page 1 S5 Supplement to The Journal of Family Practice | Vol 71, No 1 …

This study assessed the various risk factors associated with nutritional rickets among
children aged 2–36 months old in the Gaza Strip. The study sample consisted of 170 …

The recent mass migration into Europe poses many challenges to society and public health.
Prevention programmes within European countries are primarily designed for the risk profile …

Letters to the Editor Page 1 470 American Family Physician www.aafp.org/afp Volume 75,
Number 4 ◆ February 15, 2007 Determining the Nutritional Cause of Rickets in Children TO …