Vitamin D Deficiency

Vitamin D insufficiency affects almost 50% of the population worldwide. The high prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency is an important public health issue and it''s insufficiency is an independent risk factor for total mortality in the general population. Vitamin D insufficiency is a common public health problem very often unrecognized and untreated associated with rickets dental caries and growth retardation in children and osteomalacia osteopenia osteoporosis decreased muscle strength falls and increased risk of fracture in adults. Vitamin D insufficiency is associated with indoor lifestyle sun avoidance strategies obesity diabetes mellitus low HDL cholesterol older age and distance from the equator darker skin winter season air pollution smoking malabsorption renal and liver disease and medication. This book explains the affects of Vitamin D deficiency with relation to different diseases