A systematic review of vitamin D status in southern European countries.
Yannis ManiosGeorge MoschonisChristina-Paulina LambrinouKonstantina TsoutsoulopoulouPanagiota BinouAlexandra KarachaliouChristina BreidenasselMarcela Gonzalez-GrossMairead KielyKevin D CashmanPublished in: European journal of nutrition (2017)
Contrary to expectations, there was a high prevalence of low vitamin D status in the Southern Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean regions, despite abundant sunshine. These data further emphasize the need for strategies, such as fortification of foods with vitamin D and/or vitamin D supplementation, which will be tailored to the needs of specific population groups with higher risk of insufficiency or deficiency, to efficiently tackle the pandemic of hypovitaminosis D in Europe.