CURRENT APPROACH TO VITAMIN THERAPY IN CHILDREN OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PERIOD

Abstract

Vitamins are substances of different chemical origin which both provide many biochemical processes within cells, tissues and organs and exert influence on physical and formative functions of the organism. In contemporary conditions peculiarities of the household and children's nourishment do not allow for complete satisfaction of the need in all the vitamins only thanks to the food. vitamins insufficiency may be compensated through the supplementary intake of the children's multivitamin medications.
Key words: vitamins, children, hypovitaminosis, vitamin and mineral complex.