Vitamin D is typically shortfall nutrient.
- Vitamin D deficiency in children can cause rickets, leading to a bowlegged appearance due to the softening of the bones.
- Vitamin D is also important for calcium metabolism its shortage leads to shortage in calcium deposition in bones.
What are shortfall nutrient?
These are those nutrients whose under consumption has been linked to adverse health outcomes.
Most of the common deficient nutrients are:-
- Iron deficiency.
- Iodine deficiency.
- Vitamin D deficiency.
- Vitamin B12 deficiency.
- Calcium deficiency.
- Vitamin A deficiency.
- Magnesium deficiency.
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