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Vitamin D deficiency among children cannot be improved by supplements

“In adults, vitamin D supplementation works best for fracture prevention when calcium is given at the same time – so the fact that we did not offer calcium alongside vitamin D to trial participants may explain the null findings from this study,” Dr Ganmaa Davaasambuu, Associate Professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said. The researchers also revealed that children with rickets were excluded from the trial for ethical reasons.