Catherine M. Gordon

TL;DR: Considering that vitamin D deficiency is very common in all age groups and that few foods contain vitamin D, the Task Force recommended supplementation at suggested daily intake and tolerable upper limit levels, depending on age and clinical circumstances.

TL;DR: The Task Force as discussed by the authors provided guidelines to clinicians for the evaluation, treatment, and prevention of vitamin D deficiency with an emphasis on the care of patients who are at risk for deficiency, based on systematic reviews of evidence and discussions during several conference calls and e-mail communications.

TL;DR: Vitamin D deficiency was present in many US adolescents in this urban clinic-based sample and the prevalence was highest in African American teenagers and during winter, although the problem seems to be common across sex, season, and ethnicity.

TL;DR: Considering the evidence-based literature review, the National Osteoporosis Foundation recommends lifestyle choices that promote maximal bone health from childhood through young to late adolescence and outline a research agenda to address current gaps in knowledge.

TL;DR: The International Society for Clinical Densitometry Official Positions on reporting of densitometry results in children represent an effort to consolidate opinions to assist healthcare providers determine which skeletal sites should be assessed, which adjustments should be made in these assessments, appropriate pediatric reference databases, and elements to include in a dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) report.