Society guideline links: Vitamin deficiencies

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Vitamin D deficiency".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Healthy diet in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Healthy diet in children and adolescents".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Nutrition support (parenteral and enteral nutrition) in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Nutrition support (parenteral and enteral nutrition) in infants and children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Nutrition and supplements in pregnancy".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Anemia in adults".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Pediatric iron deficiency".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Pediatric malnutrition".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Pediatric bone health".)

International

●World Health Organization (WHO): Guideline for the fortification of wheat flour with vitamins and minerals as a public health strategy (2022)

●WHO: Guideline for implementing effective actions for improving adolescent nutrition (2018)

●WHO: Guideline for the fortification of rice with vitamins and minerals as a public health strategy (2018)

●WHO: Guideline for the fortification of maize flour and corn meal with vitamins and minerals (2016)

●WHO: Guideline for the use of multiple micronutrient powders for point-of-use fortification of foods consumed by infants and young children aged 6-23 months and children aged 2-12 years (2016)

●WHO: Guideline for the fortification of food-grade salt with iodine for the prevention and control of iodine deficiency disorders (2014)

●WHO: Guideline for intermittent iron and folic acid supplementation in menstruating women (2011)

●WHO: Guideline for vitamin A supplementation in infants and children 6-59 months of age (2011)

●WHO: Vitamin and mineral requirements in human nutrition, 2nd edition (2004)

Canada

●Health Canada: Dietary reference intakes (2022)

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Position statement on the guidelines for vitamin K prophylaxis in newborns (2018)

United States

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Policy statement on vitamin K and the newborn infant (2022)

●US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF): Final recommendation statement for vitamin, mineral, and multivitamin supplementation to prevent cardiovascular disease and cancer – Preventive medication (2022)

●US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Dietary guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025, 9th edition (2020)

●National Academy of Sciences: Dietary reference intakes for calcium and vitamin D (2010)

Europe

●European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN): Micronutrient guideline (2022)

●European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ESPGHAN): Position paper on assessment and interpretation of vitamin and trace element status in sick children (2020)

●ESPGHAN/ESPEN/European Society of Paediatric Research (ESPR)/Chinese Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (CSPEN): Guidelines on pediatric parenteral nutrition – Vitamins (2018)

●ESPGHAN: Position paper on complementary feeding (2017)

●ESPGHAN: Position paper on the prevention of vitamin K deficiency bleeding in newborn infants (2016)

United Kingdom

●Public Health England (PHE): Government dietary recommendations – Government recommendations for energy and nutrients for males and females aged 1-18 years and 19+ years (2016)

●PHE: Guidance on vitamin A deficiency – Migrant health guide (2014)

Australia–New Zealand

●National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC): Australian dietary guidelines (2013)

●NHMRC: Joint statement and recommendations on vitamin K administration to newborn infants to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding in infancy (2010)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japan Pediatric Society (JPS): Recommendations for prevention of vitamin K deficiency hemorrhage in neonates and infants (2021)