Nutritional deficiencies in the pediatric age group in a multicultural developed country, Israel

Table 1 Summary of the main nutritional deficiencies in the Israeli population

Israeli sub-population	Nutritional deficiency	Ref.
Bedouins	Iron, vitamin A, vitamin B12, vitamin E	[16-29]
Ethiopians	Vitamin D	[30,31]
Specific regions	Iron, folic acid, vitamin B12	[32,36,69]
Adolescents	Iron, vitamin D, calcium, phosphor, magnesium, zinc	[9,38-40]
Toddlers	Vitamin D, Iron, Calcium	[41,42]
Overweight children	Iron, vitamin B12, folic acid, phosphorus, calcium, vitamin D	[43-45]
Military recruits	Iron, magnesium	[46-48]
Infants	Iron	[32,49-53]
Vegetarians	Vitamin D, vitamin B12, vitamin B1, iron, zinc	[54-57]
Pregnant women	Iron	[58,59]
Helicobacter pylori gastritis	Iron	[60]
Celiac disease patients	Vitamin D	[10,61]
Gaucher patients	Vitamin B12	[68]
Anorexia nervosa patients	Zinc	[70,71]