{"id":29993,"date":"2018-05-03T11:40:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T11:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=29993"},"modified":"2018-05-03T11:40:41","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T11:40:41","slug":"vitamin-d-can-help-improve-weight-of-malnourished-kids-language-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/vitamin-d-can-help-improve-weight-of-malnourished-kids-language-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin D can help improve weight of malnourished kids, language development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New research shows that vitamin D helps in improving the overall health of malnourished children.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The study was conducted by the University of the Punjab Pakistan and the Queen Mary University of London and shows that a high dose of vitamin D supplements helps malnourished kids to put on weight and also learn languages more easily.<\/p>\n<p>Vitamin D, known as the \u2018sunshine vitamin\u2019 has beneficial effects is well known for its beneficial effects on bone and muscle health, Queen Mary researchers last year did a study which proved that it could also protect against colds and flu.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier studies have also shown that a normal intake of vitamin D can cut down on your risk of early death significantly in people who have cardiovascular disease. The research showed that the risk can be lowered by 30%.<\/p>\n<p>Lead author Javeria Saleem said, \u201cHigh-dose vitamin D significantly boosted weight gain in malnourished children. This could be a game-changer in the management of severe acute malnutrition, which affects 20 million children worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senior author Adrian Martineau added, \u201cThis is the first clinical trial in humans to show that vitamin D can affect brain development, lending weight to the idea that vitamin D has important effects on the central nervous system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurther trials in other settings are now needed to see whether our findings can be reproduced elsewhere. We are also planning a larger trial in Pakistan to investigate whether high-dose vitamin D could reduce mortality in children with severe malnutrition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the study, 185 severely malnourished kids between the ages of 6-58 months were treated with an eight-week course of high energy food sachets and were also given additional high-dose vitamin D (two doses of 200,000 international units \/ 5 milligrams, given by mouth) or placebo randomly.<\/p>\n<p>Eight weeks later, there were marked changes in weight (on average gaining an extra 0.26 kg compared to the control group). As a result, there was also reduction in delayed motor development and delayed language development.<\/p>\n<p>Senior author Rubeena Zakar added, \u201cOur findings could be a great help to the Health Ministry of Pakistan in dealing with the issue of malnutrition.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research shows that vitamin D helps in improving the overall health of malnourished children. 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