Is vitamin D deficiency a major global public health problem?

ABSTRACT: Vitamin D deficiency is a major public health problem worldwide in all age groups, even in those residing in countries with low latitude, where it was generally assumed that UV radiation was adequate enough to prevent this deficiency, and in industrialized countries, where vitamin D fortification has been implemented now for years. However, most countries are still lacking data, particularly population representative data, with very limited information in infants, children, adolescents and pregnant women. Since the number of recent publications is escalating, with a broadening of the geographic diversity, the objective of the present report was to conduct a more recent systematic review of global vitamin D status, with particular emphasis in at risk groups. A systematic review was conducte

SUBMITTER: Palacios C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4018438 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature