Prevalence and determinants of insufficient vitamin D status in young Canadian Inuit children from Nunavik
Background: Vitamin D deficiency has reached pandemic levels affecting over one billion people worldwide. However, limited data is available on the prevalence and determinants of vitamin D status of Canadian Indigenous children and no study has been reported in Inuit children from Nunavik. Aim: Ther...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/02601060231207664 2024-03-03T08:45:51+00:00 Prevalence and determinants of insufficient vitamin D status in young Canadian Inuit children from Nunavik Turgeon O’Brien, Huguette Gagné, Doris Blanchet, Rosanne Vézina, Carole Health Canada Kativik Regional Government Government of Canada, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada Canada-Northern Contaminants Program 2024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02601060231207664 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/02601060231207664 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/02601060231207664 en eng SAGE Publications https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Nutrition and Health ISSN 0260-1060 2047-945X Nutrition and Dietetics General Medicine Medicine (miscellaneous) journal-article 2024 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/02601060231207664 2024-02-05T10:37:34Z Background: Vitamin D deficiency has reached pandemic levels affecting over one billion people worldwide. However, limited data is available on the prevalence and determinants of vitamin D status of Canadian Indigenous children and no study has been reported in Inuit children from Nunavik. Aim: Therefore, using data collected between 2006 and 2010, we aimed to investigate the prevalence and main determinants of insufficient serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (s25(OH)D) concentrations in Inuit children attending childcare centres in Nunavik. Methods: This study included 245 Inuit children aged 11 to 54 months. s25(OH)D concentrations were measured by radioimmunoassay. Dietary intakes were assessed using 24-hour recalls. Usual dietary intakes were estimated using the National Cancer Institute method. We used a multiple imputation technique to replace missing values when performing regression analysis. Results: Our findings revealed that 64.5% of children had a s25(OH)D concentration < 75 nmol/L, while 78.1% did not meet the estimated average requirement (EAR) for vitamin D. Vitamin D intake and fluid milk consumption were positively associated with s25(OH)D concentrations, while negative associations were observed with children’ energy intake, non-alcoholic beverage consumption, body weight, breastfeeding duration and, biological/adoptive/foster parents’ educational level. Conclusion: Vitamin D inadequacy was highly prevalent and closely aligned with levels observed over the years in non-Indigenous children. Breastfed children who do not receive vitamin D supplementation, overweight and obese children, and children with inadequate milk consumption were at high risk of vitamin D insufficiency. Eating vitamin D rich foods such as fluid milk and seafood along with vitamin D supplementation when needed are recommended. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit Nunavik SAGE Publications Nunavik Nutrition and Health |
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Background: Vitamin D deficiency has reached pandemic levels affecting over one billion people worldwide. However, limited data is available on the prevalence and determinants of vitamin D status of Canadian Indigenous children and no study has been reported in Inuit children from Nunavik. Aim: Therefore, using data collected between 2006 and 2010, we aimed to investigate the prevalence and main determinants of insufficient serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (s25(OH)D) concentrations in Inuit children attending childcare centres in Nunavik. Methods: This study included 245 Inuit children aged 11 to 54 months. s25(OH)D concentrations were measured by radioimmunoassay. Dietary intakes were assessed using 24-hour recalls. Usual dietary intakes were estimated using the National Cancer Institute method. We used a multiple imputation technique to replace missing values when performing regression analysis. Results: Our findings revealed that 64.5% of children had a s25(OH)D concentration < 75 nmol/L, while 78.1% did not meet the estimated average requirement (EAR) for vitamin D. Vitamin D intake and fluid milk consumption were positively associated with s25(OH)D concentrations, while negative associations were observed with children’ energy intake, non-alcoholic beverage consumption, body weight, breastfeeding duration and, biological/adoptive/foster parents’ educational level. Conclusion: Vitamin D inadequacy was highly prevalent and closely aligned with levels observed over the years in non-Indigenous children. Breastfed children who do not receive vitamin D supplementation, overweight and obese children, and children with inadequate milk consumption were at high risk of vitamin D insufficiency. Eating vitamin D rich foods such as fluid milk and seafood along with vitamin D supplementation when needed are recommended. |
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Health Canada Kativik Regional Government Government of Canada, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada Canada-Northern Contaminants Program |
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Turgeon O’Brien, Huguette Gagné, Doris Blanchet, Rosanne Vézina, Carole |
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Turgeon O’Brien, Huguette Gagné, Doris Blanchet, Rosanne Vézina, Carole |
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Prevalence and determinants of insufficient vitamin D status in young Canadian Inuit children from Nunavik |
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Prevalence and determinants of insufficient vitamin D status in young Canadian Inuit children from Nunavik |
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Prevalence and determinants of insufficient vitamin D status in young Canadian Inuit children from Nunavik |
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Prevalence and determinants of insufficient vitamin D status in young Canadian Inuit children from Nunavik |
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Prevalence and determinants of insufficient vitamin D status in young Canadian Inuit children from Nunavik |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02601060231207664 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/02601060231207664 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/02601060231207664 |
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