Vitamin D intakes in 18–64-y-old Irish adults
- 12 May 2004
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
- Vol. 58 (11), 1509-1517
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602001
Abstract
Objective: To estimate vitamin D intakes in a representative sample of Irish adults and to assess the contribution of foods to these intake estimates. Design: Vitamin D intakes in 1379, 18–64-y-old adults from the North/South Ireland Food Consumption Survey were estimated using a combination of new analytical data for vitamin D in foods, determined by HPLC, and used to revise recipe calculations, together with existing data from McCance and Widdowson's The Composition of Foods, 5th Edition plus supplements. Results: The total mean daily intake (MDI) of vitamin D (1 g=40 IU) from all sources was 4.2 g. The MDI was significantly higher (PPP<0.001) with age in both sexes. Meat/meat products (30.1%), fish/fish products (14.3%) and eggs/egg dishes (9.1%) were the main contributors to vitamin D intake. Supplements contributed 6.8 and 12% to MDI in men and women, respectively. In all, 74% of adults had an MDI of vitamin D that was less than the median (5 g) of the recommended daily range of 0–10 g. Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that a large number of Irish adults have low vitamin D intakes. This, along with emerging evidence of low vitamin D status in at least some population subgroups, suggests that strategies to increase vitamin D intakes, including fortification of food, should be investigated.This publication has 28 references indexed in Scilit:
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