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

• Main Authors: Arumugam Mohan (Author), Rahman Jamalludin A (Author), Poh Bee K (Author), Shariff Zalilah M (Author), Chee Winnie SS (Author), Khor Geok L (Author), Theobald Hannah E (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>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...