Newswise — The message about preventing vitamin D deficient rickets in children with supplements is not getting through, warn senior doctors in this week’s British Medical Journal . newswise -传达关于防止维生素d缺乏性佝偻病患儿的副刊是得不到通过，自警，资深医生在这个星期的英国医学杂志。

For over ten years, the UK government has recommended universal use of vitamin supplements to all breastfeeding infants to prevent rickets, write Scott Williamson and Stephen Greene from Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.过去10年来，英国政府已建议普遍使用维生素补充剂，以一切母乳喂养婴儿，以防止佝偻病，写斯科特威廉姆斯和斯蒂芬格林从ninewells医院在邓迪。

Yet, in the past four months, they have diagnosed vitamin D deficient rickets in five infants in Tayside.然而，在过去的4个月中，他们已经确诊维生素d缺乏性佝偻病五个婴儿在泰赛德。

None of these children or mothers had received vitamin D supplementation and their families were unaware of the need for vitamin D supplement use.所有这些儿童或母亲已收到维生素d和他们的家人仍然不知道需要维生素d补充使用。

The vitamin D recommendation is particularly important for those of Asian, African, Afro-Caribbean, or Middle Eastern origin with reduced exposure to sunlight, say the authors, as increased skin pigmentation makes it more difficult to synthesize vitamin D.维生素d建议，是特别重要的，这些亚，非，非裔加勒比地区，或中东与原产地减少暴露在阳光下，例如作者，因为增加皮肤色素沉着使之更难以合成的维生素d

Vitamin D deficiency can cause rickets, poor tooth formation, convulsions, and stunted growth.维生素d缺乏可引起佝偻病，穷人牙齿的形成，惊厥，并发育不良。 It has also been linked to an increased risk of health problems in later life.它也与风险增加的健康问题，在以后的生活。

The authors argue that the NHS Direct website is ambiguous about the need for vitamin supplements.作者认为，国民保健直接网址是含糊不清的关于需要维生素补充剂。 “We must disseminate the message to all health visitors and general practitioners across the UK,” they conclude. "我们必须把这信息传达给所有游客的健康和普通科医生英国各地" ，他们总结。

The full letter in the British Medical Journal is available as a free PDF download:全信，在英国医学杂志上提供免费下载：

Warning about rickets prevention through vitamin D supplements警告佝偻病预防维生素d副刊 . 。

The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition has just published a position statement on vitamin D, with particular reference to preventing rickets, which highlights the need for a public health campaign and emphasizes the need to supplement infants with vitamin D in high risk groups.科学咨询委员会的营养刚刚发表立场声明，对维生素d ，特别提到了预防佝偻病，其中重点需要有一个公众健康运动，并强调有必要以补充婴儿维生素d在高风险群体。