Journal of the American Medical Association /channels/taxonomy/term/7390/all en The right amount of vitamin D for babies /channels/news/mcgill-joins-mastercard-foundation-scholars-program-225965 <p><br />Vitamin D is crucial to the growth of healthy bones. It is especially important that babies get enough of it during the first twelve months of their lives when their bones are growing rapidly. This is why health care providers frequently recommend that parents give their babies a daily vitamin D supplement. But how much vitamin D should babies be given?</p> <p> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:53:58 +0000 webfull 96017 at /channels