High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and its association with BMI-age among primary school children in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Khor, Geok Lin, Chee, Winnie Siew Swee, Mohd Shariff, Zalilah, Poh, Bee Koon, Arumugam, Mohan, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Theobald, Hannah E.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24664/1/High%20prevalence%20of%20vitamin%20D%20insufficiency%20and%20its%20association%20with%20BMI.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24664/; http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-11-95

Deficiencies of micronutrients can affect the growth and development of children. There is increasing evidence of vitamin D deficiency world-wide resulting in nutritional rickets in children and osteoporosis in adulthood. Data on the micronutrient status of children in Malaysia is limited. The aim o...