In the uk, low vitamin rates are growing in some age groups. Vitamin D deficiency can come from our diet, foods such as oily fish or meat. Lower levels of sunlight in sunlight decrease the body's ability.
ACT NOW vitamin D is a group calling for a threshold to be raised. The threshold to deficiency is 'catch' more people with low vitamin D. It would give a better picture of how widespread the problem is, she says.
Vitamin D supplementation is voluntary in the united states. The government should look at wider fortification of foods in which vitamins are added. In the uk, some foods are already fortified, but it is voluntary.
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