Observations on the dietary practices of Asians in the United Kingdom

The efficacy of a health education campaign to improve the vitamin D status of Asians has been assessed. The average daily consumption of vitamin D has not changed significantly over a 10-yr period, although the use of margarine has increased. No consistent relationship could be demonstrated between the dietary consumption of vitamin D, phytate, chuppatty flour, fibre, oxalate or meat and the serum 25 hydroxyvitamin D concentration. This supports the view that dietary factors play only a minor role in the aetiology of vitamin D deficiency among Asian immigrants.