Vitamin D and health in adults in Australia and New Zealand: a position statement

• 1 Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC.
• 2 Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC.
• 3 Department of Physiology and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.

---

• 1. Nowson CA, McGrath JJ, Ebeling PR, et al. Vitamin D and health in adults in Australia and New Zealand: a position statement. Med J Aust 2012; 196: 686-687. <MJA full text>
• 2. Rejnmark L, Avenell A, Masud T, et al. Vitamin D with calcium reduces mortality: patient level pooled analysis of 70,528 patients from eight major vitamin D trials. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2012; 97: 2670-2681.
• 3. Bischoff-Ferrari HA, Willett WC, Orav EJ, et al. A pooled analysis of vitamin D dose requirements for fracture prevention. N Engl J Med 2012; 367: 40-49.
• 4. US Preventive Services Task Force. Preventing falls in older adults: Task Force final recommendation. Rockville, Md: USPSTF, 2012. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf11/fallsprevention/fallsprevfact.pdf (accessed Nov 2012).