"Millions of U.S. children have disturbingly low Vitamin D levels, possibly increasing their risk for bone problems, heart disease, diabetes and other ailments, according to two new studies that provide the first national assessment of the crucial nutrient in young Americans.So don't believe them.
About 9 percent of those ages 1 through 21 — about 7.6 million children, adolescents and young adults — have Vitamin D levels so low they could be considered deficient, while an additional 61 percent — 50.8 million — have higher levels, but still low enough to be insufficient, according to the analysis of federal data being released Monday.
'It's astounding,' said Michal L. Melamed of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, who helped conduct one of the studies published online by the journal Pediatrics. 'At first, we couldn't believe the numbers. I think it's very worrisome.'"
More bad science:
"The analysis and an accompanying federal study also found an association between low Vitamin D levels and increased risk for high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and a condition that increases the risk for heart disease and diabetes, known as the metabolic syndrome."Note "association," not cause and effect.
As if more Vit. D will make kids not-fat.
Fat chance.
"Taken together, the studies provide new evidence that low Vitamin D levels may be putting a generation of children at increased risk for heart disease and diabetes, two of the nation's biggest health problems that are also increased by the childhood obesity epidemic."Wanna bet that all the Vit. D in the world will not make a single piglet force-fed by nutritionally abusive parents any leaner?
I do.
The Vit. D debate is a distraction.
Calories in vs. Calories out is the issue.
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