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"  The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently raised its recommendation for children&amp;#039;s intake of vitamin D from 200 IU to 400 IU per day. The change is based on growing evidence that the vitamin is important not just for strong and healthy bones, but also for helping prevent a wide array of conditions including autoimmune diseases, cancer and diabetes (as studies in adults show).   The new guidelines advise giving a daily supplement of 400 IU to all babies and to older kids who are drinking less than 1 quart of vitamin D\u2014fortified formula or milk a day. Why aren&amp;#039;t the &amp;quot;natural&amp;quot; ways to get D\u2014sun exposure and food enough? &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s very difficult to say exactly how much sunshine a child needs at any point to make sure he&amp;#039;s got high enough levels of the vitamin,&amp;quot; says Frank Greer, MD, chair of the AAP Committee on Nutrition, and a coauthor of the new guidelines. The best food sources of D\u2014fatty fish like salmon and mackerel\u2014aren&amp;#039;t particularly kid-friendly. And though most milk is D-fortified, a child would have to drink 32 ounces daily to get 400 IU, says Dr. Greer. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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