TY - JOUR A2 - Davis, Cindy AU - Bilinski, Kellie AU - Talbot, Peter PY - 2014 DA - 2014/08/19 TI - Vitamin D Supplementation in Australia: Implications for the Development of Supplementation Guidelines SP - 374208 VL - 2014 AB - High rates of vitamin D deficiency and testing have been reported in Australia, yet there are few reports regarding vitamin D supplement use. Australian wholesale sales data was obtained for vitamin Dsupplements for the period 2000–2011. There has been a threefoldincrease in supplement sales over the past decade, whereby over A$94million supplements containing vitamin D in Australia were sold duringthe year 2010. There were eighty-nine manufacturers that produce avariety of 195 vitamin D products. The amount of vitamin D in theseproducts varies considerably, from 40 to 1000 IU per unit, although supplements containing only vitamin D had the highest amount ofvitamin D. There was a trend for sales to increase in winter months. Given the potential public health benefits of vitamin D, there is anurgent need for a better understanding of supplementation use andfor the development of supplementation. SN - 2090-0724 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/374208 DO - 10.1155/2014/374208 JF - Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -