as described in "popular" press outlet ...   

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/10/13/vitamin.d.kids.ap/index.html

Report: Kids should get more vitamin D

Bits that caught my attention - *

*Hard to get enough vitamin D through diet; the best source is sunlight

Baby formula contains vitamin D, so infants on formula only generally 
don't need supplements. However, the academy recommends breast-feeding 
for at least the first year of life and breast milk is sometimes deficient.

Because of sunlight's link with skin cancer, "vitamin D supplements 
during infancy, childhood and adolescence are necessary," the academy's 
report says.

Adrian Gombart, a vitamin D researcher at Oregon State University, said 
the new recommendations are safe and conservative but that 400 units "is 
probably not enough."

Several members of an academy committee that helped write the guidelines 
have current or former ties to makers of infant formula or vitamin 
supplements.  

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