The poll of healthcare professionals, commissioned by Cow and Gate, found that 66 per cent were unfamiliar with the chief medical officer’s letter in February that restated Government advice that children aged six months to five years should be given a daily supplement of vitamin D2.
The current advice is that children aged six months to five years should take a daily supplement containing vitamin D in the form of vitamin drops.
Despite this, nearly half of healthcare professionals (HCPs) said they always discuss the need for Vitamin D with parents of children under five and 73 per cent talk to parents about how they can increase children’s vitamin D levels through healthy exposure to sunlight and eating a balanced diet.
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