Majority of Slovenians have low vitamin D in winter

Ljubljana, 4 December - The vast majority of adults in Slovenia have low vitamin D status in winter. Roughly 80% do not have sufficient vitamin D and up to 40% have serum concentrations at levels so low it may pose a health risk, according to the first study of its kind in Slovenia.

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A laboratory at the Nutrition Institute in Ljubljana.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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