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- Evidence of low vitamin D intakes in the Australian population points to a need for data-driven nutrition policy for improving population vitamin D status
- VitamindWiki - Deficiency of Vitamin D category
- VitamindWiki - both categories Deficiency and Australia/New Zealand
- VitamindWiki - both categories Deficiency and Canada
- VitamindWiki - both categories Deficiency and Far from Equator
- VitamindWiki - both categories Deficiency and Europe
- VitamindWiki - Fortification with Vitamin D = add Vitamin D to food
- VitaminDWiki Fortification pages with BREAD in title
- VitamindWiki - Interview discusses deficiency, lack of consensus, quickly increasing levels, dose sizes. etc
Evidence of low vitamin D intakes in the Australian population points to a need for data-driven nutrition policy for improving population vitamin D status
J Hum Nutr Diet . 2022 Mar 7. doi:10.1111/jhn.13002
Eleanor Dunlop 1, Julie L Boorman 2, Tracy L Hambridge 2, Jessica McNeill 2, Anthony P James 1, Mairead Kiely 3, Caryl A Nowson 4, Anna Rangan 5, Judy Cunningham 1, Paul Adorno 6, Paul Atyeo 7, Lucinda J Black 1 8
Background: Nearly one in four Australian adults are vitamin D deficient (serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations (25(OH)D) <50 nmol/L) and current vitamin D intakes in the Australian population are unknown. Internationally, vitamin D intakes are commonly below recommendations, although estimates generally rely on food composition data that do not include 25(OH)D.
Objective: We aimed to estimate usual vitamin D intakes in the Australian population.
Design: Nationally-representative food consumption data were collected for Australians aged ≥2 years (n=12,153) as part of the cross-sectional 2011-2013 Australian Health Survey (AHS). New analytical vitamin D food composition data for vitamin D3 , 25(OH)D3 , vitamin D2 and 25(OH)D2 were mapped to foods and beverages that were commonly consumed by AHS participants. Usual vitamin D intakes (µg/day) by sex and age group were estimated using the National Cancer Institute method.
Results: Assuming a 25(OH)D bioactivity factor of one, mean daily intakes of vitamin D ranged between 1.84 and 3.25 µg/day. Compared to the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) of 10 µg/day recommended by the Institute of Medicine, more than 95% of people had inadequate vitamin D intakes. We estimated that no participant exceeded the Institute of Medicine's Upper Level of Intake (63-100 µg/day, depending on age group).
Conclusions: Usual vitamin D intakes in Australia are low. This evidence, paired with the high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in Australia, suggests that data-driven nutrition policy is required to safely increase dietary intakes of vitamin D and improve vitamin D status at the population level. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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This study found 95% got <400 IU - many studies find that >2,000 IU is needed
VitamindWiki - Deficiency of Vitamin D category
- Overview Deficiency of vitamin D
- Many reasons why vitamin D deficiency has become epidemic
- 23 of the 40 reasons are recent
- Many doctors continue to believe 2,000 IU of vitamin D is max (Hungary in this case)– Dec 2021
- 73 percent of US infants still do not even get 400 IU of Vitamin D - June 2020
- Vitamin D levels are dropping rapidly – what you need to do
- 4 Reasons why Vitamin D levels are crashing
- Update Reasons for Low Vitamin D and what to do with a concise table
- Air Pollution reduces Vitamin D production - many studies
- Vitamin D levels in 56 countries (many have less than 20 ng) – 2021
- Trends in vitamin D status around the world – Nov 2021
- Vitamin deficiency in US military – Vitamin D is the most prevalent and is growing rapidly – June 2021
- Smoking reduces vitamin D - many studies 77 studies as of Feb 2024
- Low Vitamin D is worse for your health than smoking
- Many categories of people are at High Risk of low vitamin D -
67 studies - 26 health factors increase the risk of COVID-19 – all are proxies for low vitamin D
- Diseases arising from depletion are cured by repletion - Hippocrates 400 BC
VitamindWiki - both categories Deficiency and Australia/New Zealand
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- Another country needs more vitamin D (Australia in this case) – March 2022
- Australians tested for Vitamin D – 40 percent deficient and 60 percent taking vitamin D – Nov 2017
- Results of many blood tests in Australia – deficiencies only in Vitamin D, Iodine, and Vitamin B-12 – Dec 2015
- Vitamin D deficiency is a major global public health problem – Maps Nov 2013
- Higher rates of TB in Winter and further from Equator – Nov 2012
- New Zealand consensus: at risk should take more Vitamin D – March 2012
- 73 percent of Australians had too little vitamin D – Dec 2011
- Vitamin D deficiency and testing in Australia are epidemics - Aug 2011
- Half of Australian office workers insufficient vitamin D in the winter – Jan 2011
VitamindWiki - both categories Deficiency and Canada
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- 1 in 5 Canadians have inadequate Vitamin D (less than 16 ng), far more if dark skinned – Canada April 2023
- Vitamin D deficiency is a major global public health problem – Maps Nov 2013
- 90 percent of Canadians do not have optimal levels of vitamin D – Nov 2013
- Lower vitamin D if born outside of Canada or lower education - April 2013
- Vitamin D levels continue to fall: Canada 6 percent drop from 2009 to 2011 – Feb 2013
- Canadian Vitamin D deficiency – May 2011
- Half of Quebec kids had less than 20 ng of vitamin D – Milk and movement did not help – Mar 2011
- 90 percent of Canadian youth less than 30 ng vitamin D – Oct 2010
- Many vitamin D articles and videos by Schwalfenberg in Canada
VitamindWiki - both categories Deficiency and Far from Equator
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- 1 in 5 Canadians have inadequate Vitamin D (less than 16 ng), far more if dark skinned – Canada April 2023
- Arctic school children in Russia: only 1 in 11 has more than 30 ng of Vitamin D – April 2022
- Low Vitamin D in Nordic countries – supplementation, fortification, only 20 ng – Jan 2020
- Vitamin D deficiency is a major global public health problem – Maps Nov 2013
- Disadvantaged get less sun and have poor health in the North– Aug 2011
- Only 18 percent of Swedes got recommended amount of vitamin D – Feb 2011
- 75 percent of Canadians less than 30 ng vitamin D in winter – Aug 2010
- Sunlight robbery in the UK May 2010
VitamindWiki - both categories Deficiency and Europe
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- Vitamin D as get older: more D and less deficiency (UK Health Care workers) - April 2024
- Vitamin D levels from lowest to highest: Middle East, China. India, S EU. N EU – Dec 2019
- Low Vitamin D in Southern Europe – 1 in 3 had less than 20 ng (630,000 Europeans) Sept 2018
- Vitamin D is low in Europe – 40 percent have less than 20 ng – ODEN Oct 2018
- Vitamin D recommendations by Italian Endocrinologists – 40 ng if pregnant, 30 ng if high risk – April 2018
- Vitamin D levels for UK seniors with health problems – Dec 2017
- Vast majority of Europeans have less than 30 ng of Vitamin D – Aug 2016
- 3X increase in UK children who are vitamin D deficient in just 5 years – Nov 2015
- 3X more kids were vitamin D deficient when entering UK hospitals than 4 years before – Oct 2014
- Vitamin D deficiency is a major global public health problem – Maps Nov 2013
- Perhaps Italians have air conditioning too: lower latitudes have less vitamin D – July 2013
- Vitamin D is the only vitamin which is low in Europe – Jan 2013
- 90 percent of Swiss men have less than 30 ng of vitamin D in the winter – Nov 2012
- Low vitamin D associated with poor regions in the UK, median was 10 ng – Nov 2012
- Why are so many Victorian killer illnesses making a comeback - Nov 2012
- Death of Babies in UK due to vitamin D deficiency – Jan 2012
- German seniors 10 pct less than 7ng, 92 pct less than 30 ng vitamin D – Jan 2012
- Scotts having extremely low vitamin D got no, or only minimal treatment – Feb 2012
- Problems with low UV and vitamin D in Scotland - Jan 2012
- Immigrant vitamin D deficiency in Europe – May 2011
- 80 percent of teens in Europe had less than 30 ng of vitamin D – Aug 2011
- Let the Sun shine on you - Gillie Aug 2011
- Vitamin D insufficiency in UK youths – 37X more likely if dark skin – July 2011
- WHO to map vitamin D deficiency in Europe - Oct 2010
- 28 ng summer and 18 ng winter UK vitamin D levels – Aug 2010
- Scotland and Vitamin D - many studies
VitamindWiki - Fortification with Vitamin D = add Vitamin D to food
135 items in Fortification category Fortification works, even if food is cooked, but govts rarely fortifiy with enough
Govts, food producers, and families can fortify:
milk, yogurt, beer, bread, cereals, cooking oil, soups, jams, jellys, honey, snack bars, etc.
Some interesting fortification articles- Biofortification with Vitamin D - several studies
- Vitamin D fortification in Europe preventing 27,000 Cancer deaths, could prevent 129,000 – May 2022
- Vitamin D fortification could eliminate 1 in 10 Cancer deaths in the EU – May 2022
- After years of adding vitamin D, Finland now has 38 ng levels - March 2022
- Fortification with Vitamin D works – 16 studies of Danish experience – July 2021
- Vitamin D fortification of beverages – Review March 2022
- Bread fortified with Vitamin D - many studies 13+ studies
- International Conference of Vitamin D Fortification of Food (India) – Sept 2018
- 2400 IU of vitamin D needed to get most Northern adults above 20 ng – June 2020
- Vitamin D home fortification- don't wait 100 years for your govt
VitaminDWiki Fortification pages with BREAD in title
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