Have you every given consideration to this question? If so, you are certainly not alone - in fact almost every doctor or medical student has had doubts at some point in their career.
The current issue of Archives of Disease in Childhood (the journal of The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health) advises not to forget about Vitamin D and rickets. An editorial and two original articles report the important burden of disease and the range of implications for health. Also of interest is the message that the frequency of Vitamin D deficiency in infancy is rising in developed nations.
