DETERMINATION OF CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS IN STAPLE FOODS IN RICKETS PREVALENT AREAS IN KADUNA STATE
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2007-09-26
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Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
Abstract
The beginning of the 20th century witnessed the epidemic of nutritional rickets among
children in many countries of Asia, North America, Northern Europe and Africa. It was observed
that a low dietary intake of calcium among rural children is a major contributor to rickets disease.
Nutritional rickets remain a problem in many countries of the world despite a decline in the
prevalence of the condition in many developed countries. Prevalence of rickets remain high in
Nigeria among infants and young children and it appears to be a consequence of calcium
malnutrition. In Nigeria, 2.4% of households have been reported to have children with rickets,
while the prevalence of the bone disorder has been reported to be as high as 14.9% especially
central Nigeria