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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