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Online Survey of Vitamin D Supplementation Practices in Children and Adolescents

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We collected information regarding vitamin D supplementation practices of 230 pediatricians through an online survey. Routine supplementation was being practiced during infancy, 1–5 y, 6–10 y, and >10–19 y age by 187 (81.3%), 60 (26.1%), 34 (14.8%) and 41 (17.8%) respondents, respectively. 182 (79%) participants promoted sunlight exposure, and 171 (74.3%) did not measure serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels before supplementation. The survey highlights that majority of pediatricians prescribe routine vitamin D supplementation during infancy, but not beyond.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

    Aashima Dabas & Madhavi Bharadwaj

  2. Department of Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Dheeraj Shah & Piyush Gupta

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  1. Aashima Dabas
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Contributors: PG, DS: conceived the study and its design; AD, MB: data collection, analysis and drafting the manuscript; PG, DS: critical inputs to drafting of manuscript. All authors approved the final manuscript.

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Correspondence to Piyush Gupta.

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Ethical clearance: Institutional ethics committee of Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi; 73/01/2020/41, dated March 13, 2020.

Competing interest: None stated.

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Dabas, A., Bharadwaj, M., Shah, D. et al. Online Survey of Vitamin D Supplementation Practices in Children and Adolescents. Indian Pediatr 57, 749–750 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-020-1922-7

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