Key Benefits & Facts
| Low calcium intake is reported in
Indian Children1 |
Improves BMD in children with T1
DM and prevents osteoporosis2 |
| Vitamin D – 600 IU /day & Calcium 600-800 mg/day are recommended
for Indian Children1 |
| Calcium plus Vitamin D3
supplementation facilitated fat loss
in overweight and obese college
students with very-low calcium
consumption3 |
Vitamin D insufficiency is a global
public health problem across all
life stages with serious short and long term clinical consequences4 |
References:
1. INDIAN PEDIATRICS, Dr. Anuradha Khadilkar et al, Prevention and Treatment of Vitamin D and Calcium Deficiency in Children and Adolescents: Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) Guidelines, VOLUME 54, JULY 15, 2017.
2. Ortiz T et al. Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2018, 1(2):1.
3. Zhu, W., Cai, D., Wang, Y. et al., Nutr J 12, 8 (2013). (https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-12-8; referred on 23rd October 2020)
4. https://www.nc-bi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3665520/accessed on 15-Oct-2020
