Public awareness of vitamin " D " deficiency among children in Najran city and the role of primary health care centers in raising their awareness

ABSTRACT

Background: Vitamin D is one of fat-soluble vitamins. It has of great importance in increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, magnesium, phosphate, and zinc. Sun is the main source for this vitamin and there are few foods that contain it, for example milk and egg. From a long standing, vitamin D deficiency has been a health problem in the world. Vitamin D has great importance in the growth of bone, so the deficiency of it or imbalance of its metabolism inside the body leads to major problems, most notably of them is rickets among children