How to get your Child Vitamin D during Covid-19

If a child is not stepping out due to the lockdown, he/she is not getting enough sunlight and Vitamin D. Vitamin D is important for your child’s body as it aids the body in absorbing and retaining calcium and phosphorus. These are very important for bone development. Let us look at some of the benefits of Vitamin D

• Bone Development: Vitamin D is essential for your child’s bones to develop well

• Healing in case of an injury.

• Prevents & Cures Rickets: Rickets is a skeletal disorder caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, phosphate and calcium. 

• Vitamin D also increases the body’s Natural Immunity to fight against flu, cold, and infections

• Vitamin D lowers the risk of many diseases.

Some of the sources include sunlight, food sources like orange juice, yogurt, cereals, yogurt etc.

Some of the symptoms of Vitamin D deficiency include broken bones, teeth falling out, soft enamel and exhaustion. 

Clearly Vitamin D is called a wonder vitamin and has a great role to play in child’s health and development. 

Learn from Pediatrician Dr. Pranjal Kale How to Get Your Child Their Vitamin D During COVID-19

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