In this review we summarize the impact of bolus versus daily dosing of vitamin D on 25 (OH)
D and 1, 25 (OH) 2D levels, as well as on key countervailing factors that block vitamin D …

Vitamin D, when activated to 1, 25‐dihydroxyvitamin D, is a steroid hormone that induces
responses in several hundred genes, including many involved in immune responses to …

The value of vitamin D supplementation in the treatment or prevention of various conditions
is often viewed with scepticism as a result of contradictory results of randomised trials. It is …

Background & aims The European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism published
its first clinical guidelines for use of micronutrient (MNs) in 2022. A two-day web symposium …

Many critically ill patients are vitamin D and vitamin C deficient and the current international
guidelines state that hypovitaminoses should be compensated. However, uncertainty about …

Introduction Vitamin D deficiency affects from 10% to 50% in various pediatric population
groups and causes life-threatening hypocalcemia in infants, crippling rickets in infants and …

Introduction: Undernutrition, defined as stunting, wasting, and underweight, still implicates
millions of infants and children worldwide. Micronutrients have pivotal effects on growth rate …

Although research on this topic is still ongoing, it appears reasonable to recommend at least
the standard vitamin dose for the healthy population (600--800 IU of native vitamin D3) …

During pregnancy and lactation, female physiology adapts to enable the mother to meet her
own mineral needs as well as those of the fetus and infant. These adaptations in maternal …

Objective To investigate how serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 [OH] D) affects height growth
velocity and the risk of low bone mineral density (BMD) in children. Design A population …