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Should I be getting my vitamin D levels checked?

  • Written by Elina Hypponen, Professor of Nutritional and Genetic Epidemiology, University of South Australia
Should I be getting my vitamin D levels checked?Pexels/Kevin Malik

Australia has seen a surge in vitamin D testing of children, with similar trends reported for adults around the world. GPs are now being urged not to test for vitamin D unnecessarily.

So when is low vitamin D a potential concern? And when might you need to get your levels tested?

How much vitamin D do we need?

Vitamin D is not only...

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