… that in Indian children, rickets develops when low dietary calcium intake coexists with a low
or borderline vitamin D nutritional status. An effective preventive strategy for rickets should be …

… children [8] in India have shown that calcium intake of our population is much below the
recommended allowance. The diet in India … two on healing of nutritional rickets in Indian children. …

… and/or nutritional calcium deficiency 2 , collectively termed as nutritional rickets and …
Previously, vitamin D deficiency was regarded as the main cause of nutritional rickets with …

… Nutritional rickets continues to remain commonest metabolic bone disease in Indian
children, … Rickets is a disease of growing bones. Hence, special emphasis will be placed in …

… This paper provides a global perspective of the prevalence of nutritional rickets and will
discuss the pathogenesis of the disease as it relates to our increasing understanding of calcium …

… In conclusion, nutritional rickets exists in tropical India and its etiology is different in younger
children and adolescents. Our study will help in guiding public health measures in tropical …

… India.Teotia et al have suggested that women and children residing in the northern parts of
India … is not a guarantee against the development of nutritional rickets, but adequate sunshine …

Nutritional rickets is a major public health problem in many … Predominantly caused by severe
vitamin D deficiency, rickets … countries, the prevalence of rickets in the general population …

… has been evaluated prospectively in children with nutritional rickets at the time of diagnosis
and throughout treatment… Children in India have high rates of vitamin D deficiency and …

… for treatment of nutritional rickets. Oral route was … nutritional rickets recommend age-based
daily or weekly/bi-weekly dose of oral vitamin D for treatment of nutritional rickets in children…