Vitamin D Deficiency is common in American Children

Recent investigations have demonstrated that around 70 percent of kids across the USA are getting poor vitamin D amounts. The journal Pediatrics stated that these children, besides the risk they suffer of developing vitamin D deficiency diseases, also tend to suffer from hypertension and small levels of the healthy cholesterol.

“There is a lot of data that suggests adults with low vitamin-D levels are at risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, and a lot of cancers, and if kids start out with low levels and never increase them, they may be putting themselves at risk for developing all of these diseases at a much earlier age.” Said Dr. Michael Melamed.

For the study there was a group of 6000 people ranging from ages 1-21. Besides the vitamin D deficiency, both factors mentioned about the blood pressure and cholesterol can easily lead to the development of heart disease.

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