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Emphasizing the Health Benefits of Vitamin D for Those with Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Intellectual Disabilities

Overview of attention for article published in Nutrients, February 2015
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Title
Emphasizing the Health Benefits of Vitamin D for Those with Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Intellectual Disabilities
Published in
Nutrients, February 2015
DOI 10.3390/nu7031538
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Authors

William B. Grant, Sunil J. Wimalawansa, Michael F. Holick, John J. Cannell, Pawel Pludowski, Joan M. Lappe, Mary Pittaway, Philip May

Abstract

People with neurodevelopmental disorders and intellectual disabilities have much greater health care needs. Mainly staying indoors, such people generally have low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations. The Vitamin D Task Force of the American Academy of Developmental Medicine and Dentistry (AADMD) reviewed the evidence of 25(OH)D concentrations that benefit the health of persons with developmental disabilities. Maintaining recommended optimal serum 25(OH)D concentrations year long will benefit skeletal development in infants, children, and adolescents, and benefit musculoskeletal health and neuromuscular coordination in adult patients, and decrease risk of falls. Maintaining optimal concentrations decreases risks and severities of autoimmune diseases, cardiovascular disease, many types of cancer, dementia, types 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus, and respiratory tract infections. Other benefits include improved dental and oral health and improved physical performance. The Task Force recommends that 25(OH)D concentrations for optimal health to be in the range of 75 to 125 nmol/L, which can be achieved using between 800 and 4000 IU/day vitamin D3 and sensible exposure to solar UVB radiation. The paper also discusses the potential risks of higher 25(OH)D concentrations, the evidence from and limitations of randomized controlled trials, and the recommendations by various groups and agencies.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Netherlands 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Unknown 256 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 37 14%
Student > Bachelor 37 14%
Researcher 26 10%
Other 21 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 7%
Other 52 20%
Unknown 69 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 84 32%
Nursing and Health Professions 25 10%
Psychology 12 5%
Unspecified 11 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 3%
Other 37 14%
Unknown 82 32%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 31. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 March 2024.
All research outputs
#1,292,125
of 25,579,912 outputs
Outputs from Nutrients
#3,570
of 21,759 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#15,829
of 270,655 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Nutrients
#24
of 112 outputs
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