date:Aug 23, 2019
coming 90 years.
Furthermore, offering free vitamin D supplements to targeted groups of the population would prevent an additional 8% of new cases of vitamin D deficiency over the next 90 years.
Therefore, the combination of wheat flour fortification and targeted supplementation would in total prevent 33% (13.2 million) of cases of vitamin D deficiency, the researchers said.
Boosting vitamin D intake
Dietary sources of vitamin D are limited, leading most countries to adopt policies to incre