{"id":2601,"date":"2013-02-27T13:11:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-27T18:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/?p=2601"},"modified":"2013-02-27T13:12:47","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T18:12:47","slug":"global-vitamin-d-deficit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/02\/27\/global-vitamin-d-deficit\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Vitamin D Deficit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/vitamin-d-worldwide.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2602\" src=\"http:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/vitamin-d-worldwide.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"1195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/vitamin-d-worldwide.png 550w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/vitamin-d-worldwide-138x300.png 138w, https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/vitamin-d-worldwide-471x1024.png 471w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>According to a 2010 infographic by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationisbeautiful.net\/2010\/vitamin-d\/\">Information is Beautiful<\/a>, people inhabiting in the Northern hemisphere, more precisely above\u00a0latitude 42\u00b0N, are not getting enough UVB light from sunlight to make vitamin D in the skin during winter season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In the UK, 50% of the population has insufficient levels of vitamin D, while 16% of the population is severely deficient. In the United States, 77% of the population has insufficient levels of vitamin D, while 6% of the population is severely deficient. Within the U.S., the groups more affected by insufficient levels of vitamin D are Non-Hispanic blacks\u00a0(98%) and Mexican Americans (90%).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">To try compensate for the lack of UVB light in winter time and the consequent low vitamin D levels, consumers have turned to the vitamin D industry, an industry that is worth $460 million, as of 2009, in the U.S. alone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For more graphics and statistics, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.informationisbeautiful.net\/2010\/vitamin-d\/\"><em>Information is Beautiful: Vitamin D<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p><span class='st_facebook' st_title='Global Vitamin D Deficit' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/02\/27\/global-vitamin-d-deficit\/' displayText='facebook'><\/span><span st_via='indexmundi' st_username='indexmundi' class='st_twitter' st_title='Global Vitamin D Deficit' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/02\/27\/global-vitamin-d-deficit\/' displayText='twitter'><\/span><span class='st_email' st_title='Global Vitamin D Deficit' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/02\/27\/global-vitamin-d-deficit\/' displayText='email'><\/span><span class='st_sharethis' st_title='Global Vitamin D Deficit' st_url='https:\/\/www.indexmundi.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/02\/27\/global-vitamin-d-deficit\/' displayText='sharethis'><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a 2010 infographic by Information is Beautiful, people inhabiting in the Northern hemisphere, more precisely above\u00a0latitude 42\u00b0N, are not getting enough UVB light from sunlight to make vitamin D in the skin during winter season. 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