Breastfed Children May Not Get Enough Vitamin D, Study Suggests.

website reports that the study, which involved more than 2,500 youngsters in Canada, found that “children who are both eating solid food and breastfeeding are at higher risk” for being deficient in vitamin D. In fact, babies “who were breast-fed up to 36 months and did not take supplements were more likely to develop vitamin D deficiency even though they had started eating solid foods.” http://abcnews.go.com/Health/study-advises-mothers-give-newborns-vitamin-supplements/story?id=37036367