High prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency and its association with BMI-for-age among primary school children in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

BMC Public Health - Tập 11 Số 1 - 2011
Geok Lin Khor1, Winnie Siew Swee Chee1, Zalilah Mohd Shariff2, Bee Koon Poh3, Muthu Arumugam4, Jamalludin Ab Rahman5, Hannah Theobald6
1Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, International Medical University, Bukit Jalil, 57000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Malaysia
3Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 50300, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
4Department of Medicine, Serdang Hospital, 43000, Kajang, Malaysia
5Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia, 25200, Kuantan, Malaysia
6GlaxoSmithKline Nutritional Healthcare, 980 Great West Road, Brentford, TW8 9GS, UK

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