TY - JOUR T1 - Vitamin D supplementation: are multivitamins sufficient? JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 791 LP - 793 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2018-316339 VL - 105 IS - 8 AU - Rebecca J Moon AU - Elizabeth M Curtis AU - Cyrus Cooper AU - Justin H Davies AU - Nicholas C Harvey Y1 - 2020/08/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/105/8/791.abstract N2 - 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. ER -