Don't know if anyone posted this yet. Article about calcium deficiency and not vit d def. causing rickets in Nigerian children studied. N Engl J Med 1999;341:563-568,602-603. In an editorial, Dr. Nicholas Bishop, of the University of Sheffield in the UK, agrees that calcium deficiency was the likely cause of nutritional rickets in the Nigerian children, noting that African children often consume few calcium-rich foods after weaning. He recommends that African mothers "...need to be encouraged to breastfeed for at least 18 months and calcium from a cheap, locally available source must be incorporated into the diet." Laurie Wheeler, RN, MN, IBCLC Violet Louisiana, southeast USA _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html