ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0021.13-17 | Identifying Health Disparities and Improving Access to Healthcare | ESPEYB21

13.17. Global health disparities in childhood rickets

A Diaz-Thomas , P Iyer

Brief Summary: This review describes the widespread global issue of childhood rickets, focusing on how disparities in health, nutrition, and environmental factors contribute to its prevalence.Nutritional rickets is primarily caused by deficiencies in vitamin D or calcium, often due to inadequate nutrition or lack of sunlight exposure. This leads to impaired bone development in children, with potential lifelong consequences. Rickets has historically been ...