Predictors of Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations among a Sample of Egyptian Schoolchildren.
Mones M AbushadyMai M YoussefEbtissam M Salah El-DinOla M Abdel SamieHala S MegahedSamar M E SalemManal A MohsenAli Abdel AzizSafinaz E El-ToukhyPublished in: TheScientificWorldJournal (2016)
Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency are common among schoolchildren in Egypt. Food fortification, vitamin D supplementation, and increasing maternal awareness about the importance of physical activity and exposure of their children to ultraviolet light may help to overcome this problem.