Vitamin D levels in a pediatric population of a primary care centre: a public health problem?

153 analyses of vitamin D were carried out (58.2% in girls and 41.8% in boys), distributed in two age groups: 5-10 (62) and 10-15 (91). 66% of the total of the sample presented some degree of vitamin D deficit (60.1% insufficient (92) and 5.9% (11) deficient). In Galicia, there is a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency in the healthy population, which increases if the patients present some kind of chronic pathology, thus leading to a public health problem. It is advisable to increase the consumption of fortified foods and/or to reconsider the administration of vitamin supplements.