Vitamin D Deficiency: A Global Problem with Health Implications
- Majed Abdullah Alqahtani
- Lamya Fahad Abdulwahed
- Mohammed Ibrahim Dayili
- Sultan Fahad Alqahtani
- Ibrahim Hussain Qaisi
- Nahedh Rashed Alotaibi
- Hassan Ghanam Alqahtani
- Dr.Ayeman Abdullah Mahzari
- Wardah Naiher Alanazi
- Aminah Fazaa Alanazi
DOIAbstract
Abstract: Vitamin D deficiency is now recognized as a pandemic. The major cause of vitamin D deficiency is the lack of appreciation that sun exposure in moderation is the major source of vitamin D for most humans. Very few foods naturally contain vitamin D, and foods that are fortified with vitamin D are often inadequate to satisfy either a child’s or an adult’s vitamin D requirement. Vitamin D deficiency causes rickets in children and will precipitate and exacerbate osteopenia, osteoporosis, and fractures in adults. Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with increased risk of common cancers, autoimmune diseases, hypertension, and infectious diseases. A circulating level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D of >75 nmol/L, or 30 ng/mL, is required to m...
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