Food fortification and biofortification as potential strategies for prevention of vitamin D deficiency

Hypovitaminosis D (vitamin D deficiency) is widespread throughout the world. The cutaneous production of vitamin D through sunlight can be limited by several factors ( e.g . skin pigmentation, sunscreen usage and, increasingly, indoor lifestyle). Thus, diet has become an important strategy to increase vitamin D intake and status {blood 25‐hydroxyvitamin D [25( OH )D]}. However, there are a limited number of foods that naturally contain vitamin...