There is increasing recognition that vitamin D deficiency is a worldwide problem. In the United States and Canada, deficiency is well known to be widespread. In Europe blood levels of vitamin D have been shown to be low in 50 to 70 percent of the population, while India is also now home to a growing epidemic of the problem. Even in Australia, a country where people typically enjoy an outdoor lifestyle with plentiful sunshine, deficiency is said to have reached crisis levels. High rates of vitamin D deficiency are also commonplace in Africa.
Given the list of chronic diseases now known to be associated with a lack of vitamin D, there is clearly an urgent need for effective policies to prevent deficiency among populations. In the continued absence of government and global health authorities taking decisive action in this area, the need to educate people that their health is in their own hands remains as high as ever.
To read how vitamin D levels have been shown to predict future health problems and risk of death, see this article on our website.
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The percentage of seniors admitted to the Department of Geriatrics at the Medical University of Bialystok in Poland with vitamin D deficiency remains ‘alarmingly high’, a new study concluded, with the authors calling for targeted interventions and enhanced education.
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There is increasing recognition that vitamin D deficiency is a worldwide problem. In the United States and Canada, deficiency is well known to be widespread. In Europe blood levels of vitamin D have been shown to be low in 50 to 70 percent of the population, while India is also now home to a growing epidemic of the problem. Even in Australia, a country where people typically enjoy an outdoor lifestyle with plentiful sunshine, deficiency is said to have reached crisis levels. High rates of vitamin D deficiency are also commonplace in Africa.
Given the list of chronic diseases now known to be associated with a lack of vitamin D, there is clearly an urgent need for effective policies to prevent deficiency among populations. In the continued absence of government and global health authorities taking decisive action in this area, the need to educate people that their health is in their own hands remains as high as ever.
To read how vitamin D levels have been shown to predict future health problems and risk of death, see this article on our website.
Dr. Rath Health Foundation
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