There are many external factors that can contribute to stress in children such as consuming a diet deficient in micronutrients, consuming excess fats, exposure to polluted air and water, adverse home environment, school work, grades, relationship with friends, fear of bullying, and lack of self confidence. These factors all contribute to childhood adversity. However, there are also internal stressors that are known to be induced by childhood adversity.

Some of those stressors consist of childhood adversity, which induces oxidative stress that causes stress, and obesity can increase oxidative stress. Increased oxidative stress then causes mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. Oxidative stress can also cause inflammation, and together they can impair immune function, which can make children more susceptible to infection.

Children need high amounts of micronutrients for proper physical growth, mental development, and development of healthy immune function. Even a deficiency of one micronutrient can interfere with physical, mental, and immune development. 61% of U.S. children have an insufficiency of vitamin D3, and 9% have established a deficiency of vitamin D3. 7% of U.S. children have vitamin C deficiency and 16 million children have the risk of developing vitamin A deficiency.

The numbers have increased worldwide. 56% (372 million) of pre-school children have at least one or more micronutrient deficiency. 99 million preschool children in Southeast, 98 million in Sub-Sahara Africa, and 88 million in East Asia and the Pacific have a deficiency of one or more micronutrients. Over 50% of children have micronutrient deficiency worldwide.

Those numbers could decrease with the introduction of Micro Daily Kids Gummies.