PEDIATRICS Vol. 65 No. 1 January 1980, pp. 190
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Letters to the Editor

Lewis A. Barness MD1

1 AAP Committee on Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of South Florida, 12901 North 30th St Tampa, FL 33612

Dr Houck is quite right in stating that there is little information on the actual vitamin requirements for low birth weight infants with a few exceptions.

One liter of most infant formulas contains somewhat more than the recommended daily allowances for a young term infant in the first few months of life. An infant taking one tenth this volume would, of course, receive very small amounts of vitamins; however, vitamins are necessary for growth and, in rapidly growing infants, the vitamin requirement would be expected to be increased.