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What is the best solution to manage vitamin D deficiency?
Author(s) -
Khayyatzadeh Sayyed Saeid,
Bagherniya Mohammad,
Abdollahi Zahra,
Ferns Gordon A.,
GhayourMobarhan Majid
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iubmb life
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.132
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1521-6551
pISSN - 1521-6543
DOI - 10.1002/iub.2038
Subject(s) - vitamin d deficiency , fortification , food fortification , medicine , vitamin , vitamin d and neurology , vitamin a deficiency , vitamin deficiency , population , physiology , sun exposure , environmental health , food science , endocrinology , biology , retinol , dermatology
Nowadays, vitamin D deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency worldwide. In addition to the skeletal effects, it is now recognized that vitamin D deficiency is associated with higher morbidity and mortality. Currently, optimizing serum concentration of 25‐hydroxy vitamin D with targeted strategies is becoming one the most interesting topics of public health nutrition. It is not possible for everyone to obtain sufficient serum concentrations of vitamin D by effective solar ultraviolet B exposure or usual dietary intake. Nutritional supplements and fortified foods as an available and cost‐effective way to provide the recommended amount of vitamin D. Although, vitamin D supplementation is considered a good and simple short‐term solution for vitamin D deficiency treatment; however, it seems that at a population level, food fortification, using staple foods, is the best method to increase vitamin D consumption and long‐term treatment of vitamin D deficiency. © 2019 IUBMB Life, 71(9):1190–1191, 2019