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. 2022 Jun 6:2022:8097035.
doi: 10.1155/2022/8097035. eCollection 2022.

Intensive Health Care plus Vitamin D Administration Benefits the Growth and Development of Young Children and Reduces the Incidence of Nutritional Disorders

Yangyang Liu  1 , Qingwen Zeng  2
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Intensive Health Care plus Vitamin D Administration Benefits the Growth and Development of Young Children and Reduces the Incidence of Nutritional Disorders

Yangyang Liu et al. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. .

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Abstract

This study was intended to assess the effect of intensive health care plus vitamin D administration on the growth, development, and nutritional status of young children. Totally, 131 young children who were admitted to Shiyan Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital from January 2020 to January 2021 were included and assigned via the random number table method at a ratio of 1 : 1 : 1 to receive either vitamin D administration (vitamin D group, n = 42), intensive health care (IHC) (IHC group, n = 44), or vitamin D administration plus intensive health care (combination group, n = 45). All children received a normal diet and routine care. After the intervention, all children showed robust improvement in their height, weight, neuropsychological development, and nutritional status, in which the combination therapy was associated with better outcomes in terms of physical development, neuropsychological development, and nutritional status, and a higher serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25-(OH)D3) level of the children versus monotherapy. Children receiving combined therapy had a significantly lower incidence of nutritional disorders than those receiving single therapy. Intensive health care plus vitamin D benefits the growth and development of young children and reduces the incidence of nutritional disorders in children.

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Comparison of serum 25-(OH)D3 levels in three groups of children.
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