Pediatria pre prax 2/2005

VITAMINS USED SINCE CHILDBIRTH TILL TEENAGE

Life style, eating habits, and physical activity significantly influence health of individuals. Vitamins are essential factors of diet influencing growth and development of child organism. The intake of vitamins from diet in growth period and human organism development depends on actual requirements. Insufficient intake of vitamins from diet, limited resorption of vitamins from gastrointestinal tract, or excessive requirement due to an illness or heavy physical exertion might be a cause of development of relative hypovitaminosis. Consumption of sufficient amount of variegated food with fruit and vegetable intake is necessary for adequate intake of vitamins.

Keywords: vitamins, hypovitaminosis, toddler period, breast feeding.