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...doctors increasingly raise concerns that children, particularly breast-fed infants, do not get enough of the vitamin, which not only promotes calcium absorption and bone health but may also stave off diseases such as cancer and multiple sclerosis. The easy fix, say doctors, is to take a daily supplement...
...concern, however, is the accompanying rise in cases of rickets" - a bone-softening disease usually attributable to malnutrition that can lead to fractures and bowed legs. To ensure that breast-fed babies get the vitamin D they need, she advises pregnant women to discuss with their obstetrician how to supplement their own prenatal diet with enough vitamin D; in addition, the AAP recommends supplements be given to babies as early as the first few days of life...
...high school,” Tatar said. “It was really the stories of their childhood and they were fascinated by them.”Tatar is considering developing either a Greek and Roman mythology class or a world mythology class to supplement the current offerings.“We don’t really have a course in Greek and Roman mythology, especially for freshman who read those stories as children,” Tatar said.The world mythology class would be a broader year-long survey taught on a rotating basis by a set of colleagues specializing...
...useful and sustainable it proves to be. It works by placing volunteers with existing NGOs, each of which works with different social segments and follows different teaching methods - from adults to school dropouts to children who have never been to school, and using methods as different as tuitions to supplement school learning to teaching through the performing arts. Making the program coherent, evaluating its efficacy and ensuring continuity as volunteers come and go will be a challenge...
Anecdotal reports leaking out of the country suggest that life for some North Koreans is returning to the dark days of the 1990s famines. Families have been scavenging for wild roots and plants to supplement meager diets. Many children have stopped attending school because of hunger, while their parents are choosing to spend their days searching for food rather than show up for work. "So far, not many people are dying compared to the 1990s, but the situation is still bad," says Ham Myoung Sam, a manager with the Seoul-based aid group Korea Food for the Hungry International...