The Committee has concluded that a section of the population needs extra vitamin D, in addition to the vitamin D obtained from food (including margarine, low-fat margarine and products used in baking and frying) and that produced by the skin through exposure to sunlight. The specific groups concerned are children under the age of 4, dark-skinned people, women who are pregnant or are breastfeeding, women who wear a veil, women from the age of 50 and men from the age of 70. The Committee recommends streamlining information on the importance of extra vitamin D obtained from supplements.
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