Prevalence of vitamin A deficiency. Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) is a lack of vitamin A in humans. It is common in poorer countries but rarely seen in more developed countries. Nyctalopia (night blindness) is one of the first signs of VAD.pproximately 250,000 to 500,000 malnourished children in the developing world go blind each year from a deficiency of vitamin A, approximately half of whom die within a year of becoming blind. The United Nations Special Session on Children in 2002 set a goal of the elimination of VAD by 2010.
Shawn has been married to Caroline Brady since he first appeared on-air in 1983. The son of Peter Brady, and the grandson of Patrick Aloysius and Nora Molly Brady, Shawn has a brother Eric and two sisters named Molly and Colleen.
Share this: Tom Brady soon will become a year-round Bostonian. The New England Patriots quarterback and his wife, Gisele Bundchen, have put their four-acre Los Angeles estate on the market. Brady, a California native, and his family plan to live full time in a 14,000-square-foot mansion currently under construction in Brookline, Mass, TMZ.com reported Wednesday. So, if youâre looking to live in a 13,890-square-foot home â one that features such amenities as a waterfall and a moat â youâre in luck.