PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rebecca J Moon
AU  - Elizabeth M Curtis
AU  - Cyrus Cooper
AU  - Justin H Davies
AU  - Nicholas C Harvey
TI  - Vitamin D supplementation: are multivitamins sufficient?
AID  - 10.1136/archdischild-2018-316339
DP  - 2020 Aug 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 791--793
VI  - 105
IP  - 8
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/105/8/791.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/105/8/791.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child2020 Aug 01; 105
AB  - Background Public Health England advises 400 IU/day vitamin D supplementation for children over 1 year. Commercially available children’s multivitamin and vitamin D supplements were surveyed to determine the vitamin D content.Methods Multivitamins and vitamin D supplements marketed at children <12 years and sold by nine UK supermarkets and health supplement retailers were surveyed. Vitamin D content was determined from manufacturer’s websites and product packaging.Results 67 multivitamins were surveyed, containing 0–800 IU/day vitamin D. Only 25%–36%, depending on the child’s age, provided ≥400 IU/day vitamin D. Supplements containing only vitamin D or labelled as for ‘healthy bones’ typically had higher vitamin D content (57%–67% contained ≥400 IU/day).Conclusions Few multivitamin products supply the recommended 400 IU/day vitamin D. Clinicians need to be aware of this when recommending vitamin D supplementation and advise parents/carers to choose a product that contains ≥400 IU/day vitamin D.