Prevalence of Vitamin D Insufficiency in Canada and the United States: Importance to Health Status and Efficacy of Current Food Fortification and Dietary Supplement Use

Source: Nutrition Reviews, Volume 61, Number 3, 1 March 2003 , pp. 107-113(7)

Publisher: International Life Sciences Institute

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Abstract:

otherwise healthy adults living in Canada and the United States. Most striking are the effects of latitude, season, and race. Also noteworthy is that dietary vitamin D is not reaching the population in greatest need, nor is it very protective against insufficiency. Fluid milk, as the predominant vehicle for vitamin D fortification, is apparently not very effective in staving off vitamin D insufficiency in adults in all populations at all times of the year.

Keywords: 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D; VITAMIN D INTAKE; LATITUDE; SEASON; RACE

Document Type: Miscellaneous

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1301/nr.2003.marr.107-113

Publication date: 2003-03-01

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