Vitamin D deficiency is epidemic in India despite of plenty of sunshine. The interpretation of
vitamin D levels should be done with the solar zenith angle, minimal erythemal dose …

Studies from our center and other parts of India have drawn attention towards wide
prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (VDD) in our country. VDD has been reported in all age …

Background: Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent in India, a finding that is unexpected in a
tropical country with abundant sunshine. Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy has …

Background: Data on the vitamin D status of the population in a tropical country such as
India have seldom been documented. Vitamin D deficiency is presumed to be rare …

Nutritional rickets remains a global public health problem, despite effective and inexpensive
means to prevent and treat the disease. It is most prevalent in the infant/toddler age groups …

Background & objectives: Data on the vitamin D status of the population in a tropical country
like India have seldom been documented. Vitamin D deficiency is presumed to be rare. We …

Calcium and vitamin D under nutrition can adversely affect the bone mineral metabolism.
There is no population-based study from India documenting dietary habits, serum calcium …

Vitamin D and calcium are essential nutrients for bone health, to achieve peak bone mass
and to preserve bone as age advances. A deficiency in these nutrients casts a long shadow …

The clinical implications of calcium deficiency include rickets, poor bone mass accrual as
well as abnormal foetal programming during pregnancy, poor peak bone mass due to poor …

Calcium and vitamin D are inseparable nutrients required for bone health. In the past half a
century, the dietary calcium intake of rural, tribal, and urban India has declined. Though …