{"id":633494,"date":"2026-10-17T13:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T13:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/633494\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T13:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T13:56:27","slug":"vitamin-d-supplementation-in-community-dwelling-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/633494\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin D Supplementation in Community-Dwelling Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vitamin D testing is commonly performed in adults. Evidence is lacking to support vitamin D screening or supplementation in the general population, regardless of baseline serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels. The National Academy of Medicine recommends that individuals 70 years and younger consume 600 IU of vitamin D daily and that individuals older than 70 years consume 800 IU daily. This can be achieved through dietary sources, supplements, or both. Achieving the recommended intake prevents serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels from decreasing to less than 12 ng\/mL in 97.5% of the general population. Randomized controlled trials of vitamin D supplementation in the general population, including patients with low baseline serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, do not demonstrate reduced all-cause mortality or improvement in cardiovascular health. Some patients with prediabetes may benefit from taking at least 3 years of vitamin D supplementation that exceeds the recommended dietary intake to reduce the risk of progression to type 2 diabetes. Randomized controlled trials of vitamin D supplementation for reducing the risk of falls and fractures, cancer, dementia, respiratory infections, and depression; for symptoms of fatigue, hair loss, and chronic pain; and during pregnancy and menopause do not show consistent benefit, including in patients with low baseline serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vitamin D testing is commonly performed in adults. Evidence is lacking to support vitamin D screening or supplementation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[134,111,139,556,69],"class_list":["post-633494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-health","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nutrition","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}