A toddler is brought to the clinic by the parents who are concerned about bowed legs. The nurse is concerned about a potential vitamin deficiency so will ask the parents if the child consumes which of the following foods?
1. Poultry
2. Milk
3. Bread
4. Citrus fruit
2
Rationale: Milk is fortified with vitamin D which, when deficient, results in rickets or bowed legs. Children who do not drink milk every day are at risk for vitamin D deficiency. Meats, grains, and fruit consumption, or lack of, will not result in bowed legs.
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