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1. Nutritional rickets is most often due to:
A. Renal disorder leading to urinary phosphate loss
B. Dietary calcium deficiency
C. Combination of vitamin D deficiency and dietary calcium deficiency
D. Vitamin D deficiency
2. In the absence of symptomatic hypocalcaemia, optimal treatment of nutritional rickets is:
A. Calcium
B. Calcium and cholecalciferol
C. Calcitriol
D. Cholecalciferol
3. Prevention of nutritional rickets:
A. Supplement all infants with 400 IU cholecalciferol for first 12 months
B. Supplement ‘at risk’ infants with 400 IU cholecalciferol for first 12 months
C. Supplement all breast fed infants with 400 IU cholecalciferol for first 12 months
D. Supplement vitamin D deficient infants with 400 IU cholecalciferol for first 12 months
4. What is the definition of Vitamin D deficiency in children?
5. What is the definition of deficient calcium intake in children?
5. How is Rickets diagnosed and what are the potential complications/sequelae?
6. From a public health perspective, supplementation should be offered to which groups?
