This article summarizes the new 2011 report on dietary requirements for calcium and vitamin
D from the Institute of Medicine (IOM). An IOM Committee charged with determining the …

Objectives To assess the overall effect of vitamin D supplementation on risk of acute respiratory
tract infection, and to identify factors modifying this effect. Design Systematic review and …

Obesity is associated with alterations in the vitamin D endocrine system. Lower levels of
serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) in morbidly obese individuals may be secondary to an …

In early 2011, a committee convened by the Institute of Medicine issued a report on the Dietary
Reference Intakes for calcium and vitamin D. The Endocrine Society Task Force in July …

Background A 2017 meta-analysis of data from 25 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of
vitamin D supplementation for the prevention of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) revealed a …

Background Indirect evidence suggests that optimal vitamin D status is achieved with a
serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentration >75 nmol/L. Objective We aimed to …

Background: Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) exploring the potential of vitamin D to
prevent acute respiratory infections have yielded mixed results. Individual participant data (IPD) …

Fifty-eight women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (crush fracture of the spine) were
compared with 58 age-matched normal women. The osteoporosic women had lower total-body …

The Institute of Medicine Committee comprehensively reviewed the evidence for both skeletal
and nonskeletal health outcomes and concluded that a causal role of calcium and vitamin …

Cross-sectional and longitudinal changes in body composition with age were examined in
white women to determine the relationship of body cell mass to menopause and of body fat to …