Vitamin D health claims accepted by EFSA*
European Food Safety Authority 2011* Final statements expected during 2012
The IOF (International Osteoporosis Foundation) support an increase in recommended vitamin D intake levels in Europe. They call for evidence-based proposals of 1,000-2,000 IU per day, especially for risk groups such as the elderly and postmenopausal women: “Vitamin D supplementation offers an effective, inexpensive and safe public health strategy to reduce 20% of falls and fractures, including those at the hip, in a growing senior segment of the European population. This is an enormous public health benefit we could implement now.”
There are initiatives on country level, regionally and globally to help raise awareness and to introduce vitamin D to large populations for the micro- and macro-level benefits.