Vitamin D, either in its D 2 or D 3 form, is essential for normal human development during
intrauterine life, kidney function and bone health. Vitamin D deficiency has also been linked …

In the past quarter century, more than 50 metabolites of vitamin D have been described. To
date, only a few of these have been quantified in blood, but this has widened our …

There has been substantial enthusiasm recently regarding the potential role of vitamin D in
the primary and secondary prevention of cancer. Laboratory studies demonstrate a range of …

Studies examining the relationship between total circulating 25‐hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH)
D] levels and bone mineral density (BMD) have yielded mixed results. Vitamin D–binding …

Background: Studies indicate that low plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D] is associated
with a range of disease processes, many of which are inflammatory. However, other lipid …

Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products,
Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) derived dietary reference values (DRV s) for vitamin D. The …

There is general consensus that serum 25 (OH) D is the best biochemical marker for
nutritional vitamin D status. Whether free 25 (OH) D would be a better marker than total 25 …

The field of vitamin D public health research has a pressing need to define sensitive and
specific predictors of vitamin D status that can be used to determine whether an individual or …

Among the most common problems facing public health today is a lack of vitamin D, which
plays a role in the physiological processes of chronic illness conditions. Vitamin D deficiency …

Results from ecological, case–control and cohort studies have shown that vitamin D reduces
the risk of bone fracture, falls, autoimmune diseases, type 2 diabetes, CVD and cancer …