HKU survey said that public knowledge of vitamin D is very low
News: Strengthen your bones with more sunlight: Experts
Mentioned in: China Daily (November 23, 2005)
A survey by the University of Hong Kong revealed that many Hong Kong’s post-menopausal women do not know that vitamin D is necessary for healthy bones. Vitamin D inadequacy is a factor that causes osteoporosis. Osteoporosis (the decrease in bone mass and density) is a common disease that affects mainly women after menopause and a smaller number of men.
About 290,000 women and 100,000 men are suffering from the disease in Hong Kong today, and figures suggest that by 2031, 740,000 women and a quarter million men could be suffering from it. More than half of the Hong Kong’s women have vitamin D deficiency.
Most of us know that calcium is essential for healthy bones, but not many are aware that vitamin D is equally essential for absorption of calcium and the growth of strong bones.
Experts are unanimous that a person should spend 10 to 15 minutes under the sun every day to get the essential vitamin.
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Press Conferences and Event related materials, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong: Over 40% of Postmenopausal Women in Hong Kong Do Not Understand the Importance of Vitamin D. Vitamin D Inadequacy is a Factor for the Osteoporosis Epidemic. ( 香港超過四成更年期婦女不認識維他命D重要性維他命D不足是骨質疏鬆症持續增加原因之一)
