Over the past decade, the percentage of infants meeting American Academy of Pediatrics vitamin D intake guidelines has not increased.
In 2008, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) changed its recommendations for infant's daily vitamin D intake from 200 to 400 IU. To estimate the percentage of infants meeting these AAP guidelines, researchers analyzed data from the 2009 through 2016 NHANES for 1435 infants (age 0–11 months) with complete dietary recall information.
Overall, 27.1% of infants met the guidelines (daily consumption of either ≥1 L of formula, or, if breast-fed, ≥400 IU supplement). The percentage did not change significantly over the study period. Non–breast-fed infants were significantly more likely than breast-fed infants to meet the guidelines. Among infants who were breast-feeding, younger age (>5 months), non-Hispanic white ethnicity, higher income, pri…
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DisclosuresConsultant/Advisory BoardEli Lilly and Company; Advisory Council, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Subboard for Adolescent Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics
Grant/Research SupportPatty Brisben Foundation
Editorial BoardsOsteoporosis International; Bone; Journal of Adolescent Health
DisclosuresConsultant/Advisory BoardEli Lilly and Company; Advisory Council, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Subboard for Adolescent Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics
Grant/Research SupportPatty Brisben Foundation
Editorial BoardsOsteoporosis International; Bone; Journal of Adolescent Health