Global Health Disparities in Childhood Rickets

Alicia Diaz-Thomas; Pallavi Iyer

doi:10.1016/j.ecl.2023.05.011

Global Health Disparities in Childhood Rickets

Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2023 Dec;52(4):643-657. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2023.05.011. Epub 2023 Jun 14.

Authors

Alicia Diaz-Thomas¹, Pallavi Iyer²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 910 Madison Avenue, Suite 1010, Memphis, TN 38163, USA. Electronic address: adiaztho@uthsc.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Corporate Center, Suite 520, 9000 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.

PMID: 37865479
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecl.2023.05.011

Abstract

Nutritional rickets is a global health problem reflecting both historical and contemporary health disparities arising from racial, ethnic, environmental, and geopolitical circumstances. It primarily affects marginalized populations and can contribute to long-term morbidity. Deficits in bone health in childhood may also contribute to osteomalacia/osteoporosis. Solutions require a global public health approach.

Keywords: Health disparities; Rickets; Vitamin D deficiency.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Global Health
Humans
Osteomalacia* / epidemiology
Osteomalacia* / etiology
Osteoporosis*
Rickets* / epidemiology
Rickets* / etiology
Vitamin D
Vitamin D Deficiency* / complications
Vitamin D Deficiency* / epidemiology

Substances

Vitamin D