Study of Serum Vitamin D Levels in Severe Acute Malnutrition and Moderate Acute Malnutrition Children From 6 Months to 59 Months of Age: A Hospital Based Study
Abstract:Background: Vitamin D plays several important roles in the metabolism and absorption of other minerals in the body.
Vitamin D deciency is a world-wide epidemic with recent estimates indicating that greater than 50 % of the global
population is at risk. Protein-energy malnutrition is likely to be associated with vitamin D intake deciency. The main objective of study was to
evaluate vitamin D levels among children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) children from 6
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