Vitamin D and the breastfed infant.

Amanda Henderson

Journal: Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN 2005;34(3):367-72

PMID: 15890836

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Abstract

For infants and children, vitamin D deficiency causes a bone-deforming disease known as rickets. As breastfeeding rates have increased, so have the incidences of rickets. The current recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics, to supplement all breastfed infants with vitamin D, is controversial. The role of the nurse is to understand the vitamin D dilemma, promote breastfeeding, and prevent vitamin D deficiency rickets.

Address: Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, Maine 04401, USA. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1177/0884217505276157

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MeSH Terms: Breast Feeding, Health Promotion, Humans, Infant Nutrition Disorders, Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Infant, Newborn, Maternal-Child Nursing, Mothers, Rickets, United States, Vitamin D, Vitamin D Deficiency