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All About Vitamin A

What does Vitamin A do?

  • vitamin A plays a key role in healthy vision
  • vitamin A is needed for normal growth and development
  • vitamin A helps keep skin healthy
  • vitamin A helps keep red blood cells healthy
  • vitamin A works to support a healthy immune system

What foods have vitamin A?

Vitamin A is found in foods such as whole milk and whole milk yogurt. It can be added to foods such as breakfast cereals and lower fat milks and yogurts. Vitamin A also occurs naturally in colorful fruits and vegetables in the form of beta carotene. In the beta carotene form, vitamin A functions as an important antioxidant. Antioxidants are nutrients that work in the body to help keep cells healthy by preventing oxidative cell damage.

Did you know that about 25% of preschoolers may not be getting the vitamin A they need each day?**

Here's how you can help your preschooler get more vitamin A into her diet:

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** Based on Reference Daily Intakes (RDIs) defined by the FDA for use in developing percent Daily Values for Nutrition Labeling. Federal Register. 1993, 58(3): 2213

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