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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 74-76 |
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Vitamin D deficiency health population overview
Yousef Abdullah Al Turki
Departments of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Yousef Abdullah Al Turki
Departments of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, 28054 Riyadh 11437
Saudi Arabia
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DOI: 10.4103/1319-6308.142348
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The aim of this mini review article is to highlight the causes and recommend some policy about vitamin D deficiency worldwide. Vitamin D deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency and very likely the most common medical condition in the world. The body requires higher intake of Vitamin D. The spectrum of these common disorders is of particular concern because observational studies have demonstrated that vitamin D insufficiency is widespread in many regions of the world, including industrialized countries. In conclusion, improving the availability of diets rich in vitamin D, to all people at a cheap price in the community markets is important. Exposure to sun is also a main source of vitamin D, so it is essential to increase health education about the importance of sun exposure to all age groups. It is important to plan according to each country's social and cultural aspects, without creating anxiety in the public. |
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