Big increases in Vitamin D supplementation in NZ, especially the very young and very old
📄 NZ Vitamind March 2025
>25% supplemented if age <1; or age >75
Related in Vitamin D Life
- Getting too little sun is 3X more expensive than too much (AU NZ: WHO found 2200X)
- 94 X increase in Vitamin D testing in Australia (2000-2010, then they shut it down)
- Vitamin D in Australia and New Zealand
- Sarcopenia does not officially exist in Australia, but 1 in 3 of their seniors have it
- 50,000 IU vitamin D routinely given monthly in New Zealand senior homes since 2011
- Free Vitamin D in New Zealand to prevent falls in nursing homes (50,000 IU monthly)