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Vitamin A May Add HeightVitamin A May Add Height
March 1, 2000
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Vitamin A May Add Height
INDONESIA--A deficiency in vitamin A has been linked with stunting growth inpreschool children. In the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN), a newstudy was done to examine the effects of vitamin A supplements on the height ofIndonesian children, ages 6 to 48 months. The results showed that a high dose ofvitamin A was found to moderately affect height by .21 cm within a four-monthperiod.
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