Justification The emerging literature on prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in India,
prevention and treatment strategies of rickets, and extra-skeletal benefits of vitamin D …

Abstract Justification Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) is being increasingly reported from India
from all age-groups. Reports suggest that VDD affects all age groups, from neonates to …

Context Vitamin D has emerged as a topic of great interest among researchers. Recent
evidence indicates that today the world is facing vitamin D deficiency pandemic. Sensitizing …

Vitamin D is essential for the maintenance of calcium homeostasis and bone mineralization.
Overt deficiency of vitamin D causes rickets in children and osteomalacia in adults. Vitamin …

Vitamin D deficiency has emerged as a significant public health problem throughout the
world. Even in the Indian context, it has been reported to be present in majority of children in …

Vitamin D is essential in bone and muscle health. Severe deficiency (25-hydroxyvitamin D
serum levels< 25 nmol/l) can result in rickets and osteomalacia, fractures, myopathy and …

Approximately 1 billion people worldwide have been identified as vitamin D deficient in the
21st century, and the number is on the rise; non-classical actions of vitamin D were initially …

Introduction Vitamin D deficiency is an important public health problem worldwide. Vitamin D
deficiency confers a significant risk for both skeletal and non-skeletal disorders and a …

Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin playing a vital role in human physiology. Vitamin D
deficiency is prevalent worldwide. This deficiency has many consequences which are still …

This review summarizes studies discussing vitamin D status in adults and reveals that
vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency is highly prevalent in adults and that current fortification …