ESPE Abstracts

Background: There is increasing evidence of vitamin D deficiency world-wide resulting in nutritional rickets. With increasing use of fast foods and reducing appropriate physical activity. Our world is encountered with the problem of obesity which increases the risk of 25-hyroxy vitamin D deficiency.Objective and hypotheses: The aim of this study was to determine the status of serum 25(OH)D level in children 2–14 years old who visited in a pediatric ...