/channels/news_feeds/all/term/toddlers/rss en /channels/channels/news/less-body-fat-toddlers-taking-vitamin-d-260696 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p> <p>Supplement given during first year of life critical for muscle-mass development</p> <p>A healthy intake of vitamin D in the first year of life appears to set children up to have more muscle mass and less body fat as toddlers, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatric Obesity.</p> <p>The findings emerged from research initially aimed at confirming the importance of vitamin D for bone density. The additional benefit in terms of body composition came as a surprise for the research team.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/toddlers_0.jpg?itok=9mn6rCO6" width="160" height="103" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">2 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 02 May 2016 14:53:48 +0000 webfull 118626 at /channels /channels/news/less-body-fat-toddlers-taking-vitamin-d-260693 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em><strong>By Fergus Grieve, <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/">McGill Newsroom</a></strong></em></p> <p><em>Supplement given during first year of life critical for muscle-mass development</em></p> <p>A healthy intake of vitamin D in the first year of life appears to set children up to have more muscle mass and less body fat as toddlers, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatric Obesity.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/toddlers.jpg?itok=-XhKEodw" width="160" height="103" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">2 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 02 May 2016 14:14:05 +0000 webfull 118623 at /channels