• Rationale and plan for vitamin D food fortification: A review and guidance paper 

      Pilz, Stefan; März, Winfried; Cashman, Kevin D; Kiely, Mairead; Whiting, Susan J; Holick, Michael F.; Grant, William B; Pludowski, Pawel; Hiligsmann, Mickaël; Trummer, Christian; Schwetz, Verena; Lerchbaum, Elisabeth; Pandis, Marlene; Tomaschitz, Andreas; Grübler, Martin; Gaksch, Martin; Verheyen, Nicolas; Hollis, Bruce W; Rejnmark, Lars; Karras, Spyridon N.; Hahn, Andreas; Bischoff-Ferrari, Heike Annette; Reichrath, Jörg; Jorde, Rolf; Elmadfa, Ibrahim; Vieth, Reinhold; Scragg, Robert; Calvo, Mona S; Van Schoor, Natasja M; Bouillon, Roger; Lips, Paul; Itkonen, Suvi T; Martineau, Adrian R; Lamberg-Allardt, Christel; Zittermann, Armin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-17)
      Vitamin D deficiency can lead to musculoskeletal diseases such as rickets and osteomalacia, but vitamin D supplementation may also prevent extraskeletal diseases such as respiratory tract infections, asthma exacerbations, pregnancy complications and premature deaths. Vitamin D has a unique metabolism as it is mainly obtained through synthesis in the skin under the influence of sunlight (i.e., ...
    • Vitamin D - a systematic literature review for the 5th edition of the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 

      Lamberg-Allardt, Christel; Brustad, Magritt; Meyer, Haakon E; Steingrimsdottir, Laufey (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Background: The present literature review is part of the NNR5 project with the aim of reviewing and updating the scientific basis of the 4th edition of the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR) issued in 2004. Objectives: The overall aim was to review recent scientific data on the requirements and health effects of vitamin D and to report it to the NNR5 Working Group, who is responsible for updating ...
    • Vitamin D deficiency in Europe: pandemic? 

      Cashman, Kevin D.; Dowling, Kirsten G.; Škrabáková, Zuzana; Gonzalez-Gross, Marcela; Valtueña, Jara; De Henauw, Stefaan; Moreno, Luis; Damsgaard, Camilla T.; Michaelsen, Kim F.; Mølgaard, Christian; Jorde, Rolf; Grimnes, Guri; Moschonis, George; Mavrogianni, Christina; Manios, Yannis; Thamm, Michael; Mensink, Gert B.M.; Rabenberg, Martina; Busch, Markus A.; Cox, Lorna; Meadows, Sarah; Goldberg, Gail; Prentice, Ann; Dekker, Jacqueline M.; Nijpels, Giel; Pilz, Stefan; Swart, Karin M.; Van Schoor, Natasja M.; Lips, Paul; Eiriksdóttir, Gudny; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Cotch, Mary Frances; Koskinen, Seppo; Lamberg-Allardt, Christel; Durazo-Arvizu, Ramon A.; Sempos, Christopher T.; Kiely, Mairead (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-02-10)
      Background:<br>Vitamin D deficiency has been described as being pandemic, but serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] distribution data for the European Union are of very variable quality. The NIH-led international Vitamin D Standardization Program (VDSP) has developed protocols for standardizing existing 25(OH)D values from national health/nutrition surveys.<br>Objective:<br>This study applied VDSP ...
    • Vitamin D status in a multi-ethnic population of northern Norway: The SAMINOR 2 Clinical Survey 

      Petrenya, Natalia; Lamberg-Allardt, Christel; Melhus, Marita; Broderstad, Ann Ragnhild; Brustad, Magritt (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-15)
      <i>Objective</i> - To investigate serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (S-25(OH)D) concentration in a multi-ethnic population of northern Norway and determine predictors of S-25(OH)D, including Sami ethnicity.<p> <p><i>Design</i> - Cross-sectional data from the second survey of the Population-based Study on Health and Living Conditions in Regions with Sami and Norwegian Populations (the SAMINOR 2 Clinical ...