Nutrition
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Vitamin D plays a critically important role in the development, growth, and mineralization of the skeleton during its formative years, and performs an equally essential role in maintaining a healthy mineralized skeleton for adults of all ages. We evaluated the vitamin D status and risk factors for vitamin D deficiency in healthy breast-fed newborns and their nursing mothers. ⋯ Vitamin D deficiency is still a common and serious health problem of women of reproductive age and their babies in developing countries at the outset of a new millennium.