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Vitamin D deficiency found in the diet of the elderly in South Carolina
1Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine.
Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association (1975)
|June 1, 1993
Abstract:
Dietary intake of vitamin D was assessed from a 24-hour food recall collected from 293 independent living adults 55 years of age or older who participated in the South Carolina Nutrition Survey. Mean vitamin D intake was only 46 percent of the RDA. The data in this study indicated that insufficient dietary intake of vitamin D is prevalent among older South Carolinians. Possible methods to correct this include: increased exposure to the sun, increased intake of food sources containing this nutrient or prescribing a vitamin D supplement.