Report of the Joint Sub-Committee on Welfare Foods.

  • Great Britain. Joint Sub-Committee on Welfare Foods.
Date:
1957
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Credit: Report of the Joint Sub-Committee on Welfare Foods. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Infants at Risk from Vitamin D Deficiency 10. Assuming that only those babies fed on. cow’s. milk alone or with an added unfortified cereal food and without a vitamin D supplement are at risk from vitamin D deficiency, then the percentage risk at each month is as follows: Infants on Cow’s Milk and Unfortified Cereal Food Paton vor ace’ 2i)l capa? I-c gohe Ao busin te goth 27)! nL @ar<lo thegoo_toeh O1t No. in group .... | — 4 7 4 —|—]— Ys 2 6 4 | 29 Per cent. of group | — 3 5 3 — | — | — 2 2 5 4 2 If no cereal foods were fortified the percentage of children at risk in each age group would be increased as follows: Infants at Risk if no Cereal Foods were Fortified -9 | -10 | -11 | 0-11 24 | 160 Month of age No. in group Per cent. of group 40 Infants, % at month of age, at risk if no cereal foods were fortified Percent of age group NO © —] —2 —3 —4 -5 -6 —7 —§ -—-9 —10 —Il Month of age FIGURE 6