Asian children should be given vitamin D from birth to two years to halt the re-emergence of a deficiency in the UK, according to doctors.

Asian children should be given vitamin D from birth to two years to halt the re-emergence of a deficiency in the UK, according to doctors.

An analysis of cases of vitamin D deficiency from 1994 to 2005 at Burnley Health Care trust found rates of deficiency were eight times higher in Asian children. The authors urged primary care trusts to set aside funds for the vitamins.

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