Rickets is back in 2007 - take care

Although it's hard to believe, but there are growing cases or Rickets in front of us, and a growing number of studies across North America shows that children of the 21st century are suffering from the same vitamin D deficiency that devastated families more than 100 years ago.

Rickets is no longer a disease of the past, according to a report published in American Family Physician in 2006. The reasons for this resurgence appear to be common among all studies. They involve cases of cautious mothers who were doing everything they thought they should to keep their infants safe.

If a pregnant woman is deficient in vitamin D, her child can be more susceptible to rickets after birth.