AUTHOR=Zou Yan , Huang Li-chun , Zhao Dong , He Meng-jie , Su Danting , Zhang Rong-hua TITLE=Assessment of serum Vit A, D and zinc nutritional status and related dietary and exercise behaviors of children and adolescents in rural and urban area JOURNAL=Frontiers in Nutrition VOLUME=9 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.1088155 DOI=10.3389/fnut.2022.1088155 ISSN=2296-861X ABSTRACT=
Vitamin A and vitamin D deficiency in children and adolescents has a negative impact on their growth and development. This study aimed to learn the nutritional status of vitamin A and D among rural children and adolescents and to explore related dietary and exercise behaviors. A total of 10 counties (cities, districts) from 90 counties (cities, districts) in Zhejiang Province were selected by the method of random cluster sampling. Children and adolescents were investigated and their food and nutrient intake were calculated. The concentration of serum vitamin A in urban area was 0.38 ng/ml, which was higher than that in rural area (