Bone Abstracts

Objectives: Vitamin D intake at a dose 400 IU/d is recommended for breastfed infants and is considered as sufficient. Vitamin D status is connected with bone mass and fat mass. We aimed to assess, if 400 IU/d has the same efficiency and impact on body composition in infants with different vitamin D status at birth (<20 ng/ml vs ≧20 ng/ml).Methods: 148 breastfed infants were supplemented with 400 IU/d of cholecalciferol up to 6 months of age. S...