Vitamins and Minerals for Children

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Title:   One, two or three times a week iron supplements for improving health and development among children under 12 years of age
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Approximately 600 million preschool and school-age children are anaemic worldwide. It is estimated that half of these cases are due to a lack of iron. Iron deficiency anaemia during childhood may slow down growth, reduce motor and brain development, and...
Date:   Oct 2011
Title:   Vitamins and minerals
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   An explanation of the function and sources of vitamins and minerals. Includes information about how common vitamins help bodies grow, sources of vitamins and minerals, and how vitamins can be destroyed by cooking and other means.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Water soluble vitamins
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   This topic is about vitamin C and the B group vitamins - the water soluble vitamins.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Vitamins and minerals
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   We hear so much about vitamins these days but what are they? Vitamins are substances that your body needs so that it can work properly.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Sunshine and vitamin D
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Some small amount of sun exposure is needed to keep us healthy. This is because we need vitamin D which is made by the action of sunlight (UVB rays) on the skin.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   More about vitamins
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The word vitamin means vital to life. All plants and animals need vitamins but only green plants can make all the vitamins they need.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Iron supplements for children living in malaria-endemic countries
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Children commonly develop anaemia (low haemoglobin) after birth. Anaemia is associated with several ill effects, including hindering motor development and learning skills, and impaired immunity. Children are therefore commonly given iron supplements to ...
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Fuel for your body
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Your body is like a wonderful machine. First of all it builds itself in your mothers womb. It works hard on growing bigger and stronger.
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Vegetarian eating
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Vegetarians are people who don' t eat meat or seafood and may not eat eggs or dairy foods. Vegans consume only plant foods. A vegetarian diet has many health benefits. With careful planning, a vegetarian diet can provide all your essential nutritional needs.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Food and your life stages
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Our nutritional requirements change as we move through different life stages. Adolescence, pregnancy, lactation, menopause and ageing all place extra demands on the body. These demands need to be met by our daily diet to maintain the best of health.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Vitamin A for preventing blindness in children with measles
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Annually 500,000 children become blind worldwide, 75% of them living in low-income countries. The major causes of blindness in children vary widely from region to region and are related to the standard of living of the community. Corneal scarring from m...
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Medications for children
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   An explanation of the medications most commonly given to or prescribed for children, with safety advice and questions to ask doctors and pharmacists.
Date:   Dec 2010
Title:   Oral zinc supplementation for treating diarrhoea in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In developing countries, millions of children suffer from severe diarrhoea every year. This is due to infection and malnutrition, and many die from dehydration due to the diarrhoea. Giving fluids by mouth (using an oral rehydration solution) has been sh...
Date:   Dec 2010
Title:   Vitamin A supplementation for preventing disease and death in children 6 months to five years of age
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a major public health problem in low and middle income countries affecting 190 million children under 5 years of age. VAD pre-disposes children to increased risk of a range of problems, including respiratory diseases, diarr...
Date:   Oct 2010
Title:   Vitamin A for non-measles pneumonia in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Acute respiratory infections, mostly in the form of pneumonia, are the leading cause of death in children under five years of age living in low-income countries. Vitamin A supplementation has been found to reduce mortality and the severity of respirator...
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Vitamin A for preventing acute lower respiratory tract infections in children up to seven years of age
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Acute lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs), especially pneumonia and bronchiolitis, are leading causes of mortality in children up to five years of age. The Global Burden of Disease 2000 project estimated that the annual number of acute respirator...
Date:   Jun 2010
Title:   Prevention of diarrhoea in children with HIV infection or who were born to an HIV-infected mother
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Diarrhoea is a common cause of illness in children, especially in low and middle-income countries where it accounts for nearly 2.5 million deaths per year. Infants and children with HIV infection or maternal exposure through birth or breastfeeding to HI...
Date:   Apr 2010
Title:   Micronutrient supplementation for children and adults with HIV infection
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Multiple micronutrient supplements offer some benefits and are safe in HIV-infected pregnant women and their offspring. Vitamin A and zinc supplements are beneficial and safe in HIV-exposed and HIV-infected children. Further research is needed to build ...
Date:   Feb 2010
Title:   Zinc supplementation for the prevention of pneumonia in children aged two to 59 months
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Zinc is an essential element for growth and development of children. Its deficiency is associated with increased risk of infection, particularly diarrhoea and pneumonia. Zinc supplementation in children has been reported to prevent pneumonia; however, i...
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Vitamin D: what you need to know
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   A guide to vitamin D, why children need vitamin D, how children can get vitamin D, and what to do if children are not getting enough vitamin D.
Date:   Nov 2009

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