Nutrition & Food Science

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Vitamin D and India context

70 to 90 percent of urban Indians are vitamin D deficient despite the sun outside.

Definition

A fat soluble vitamin synthesised in skin from sunlight exposure and consumed in limited dietary sources, with widespread deficiency across the Indian population despite high sunlight availability.

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