The conference "
Vitamin D and Health in the 21st Century: An Update" was convened September 5-6, 2007, by the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, bringing together scientists with many areas of expertise. Conference proceedings are published in the August 2008 supplement to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, published by the
American Society for Nutrition
. Below are links to the 20 articles from this issue. For more information on the publication, see the
NIH News Release.
Overview of the conference "Vitamin D and Health in the 21st Century: an Update"
Patsy M. Brannon, Elizabeth A. Yetley, Regan L. Bailey, and Mary Frances Picciano
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/483S?ijkey=/MeZU0FS6bjMA&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcnFrom vitamin D to hormone D: fundamentals of the vitamin D endocrine system essential for good health
Anthony W. Norman
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/491S?ijkey=rdGpg9rwIXF7c&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn Vitamin D across the lifecycle: physiology and biomarkers
Ann Prentice, Gail R. Goldberg, and Inez Schoenmakers
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/500S?ijkey=.bQksqwVQ337.&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcnMeasuring 25-hydroxyvitamin D in a clinical environment: challenges and needs
Bruce W. Hollis
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/507S?ijkey=MhUZWnZX6CnrI&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcnDevelopment of a standard reference material for vitamin D in serum
Karen W. Phinney
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/511S?ijkey=I7Tiatmqaqegk&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcnSummary of evidence-based review on vitamin D efficacy and safety in relation to bone health
Ann Cranney, Hope A. Weiler, Siobhan O'Donnell, Lorri Puil
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/513S?ijkey=9TodpRT1bPytI&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcnVitamin D in pregnancy and lactation: maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes from human and animal studies
Christopher S. Kovacs
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/520S?ijkey=itz5ts3uYbWWE&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn25-Hydroxyvitamin D: functional outcomes in infants and young children
Frank R. Greer
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/529S?ijkey=tsoyvO9xipTcI&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn25-Hydroxyvitamin D and functional outcomes in adolescents
Christel J.E. Lamberg-Allardt and Heli T. Viljakainen
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/534S?ijkey=CnyVsvtNVU.c6&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcnSerum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and functional outcomes in the elderly
Bess Dawson-Hughes
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/537S?ijkey=jvYN2YcTGJezI&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcnVitamin D and calcium interactions: functional outcomes
Robert P. Heaney
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/541S?ijkey=IotrM537eBM6Y&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcnAfrican Americans, 25 hydroxyvitamin D, and osteoporosis: a paradox
John F. Aloia
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/545S?ijkey=KN5qirQ.6mjZI&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcnAssessing vitamin D contents in foods and supplements: challenges and needs
Joanne M. Holden and Linda E. Lemar
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/551S?ijkey=UiDfBNkfBfa62&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcnAnalyzing vitamin D in foods and supplements: methodologic changes
W. Craig Byrdwell, Jon DeVries, Jacob Exler, James M. Harnly, Joanne M. Holden, Michael F. Holick, Bruce W. Hollis, Ronald L. Horst, Mark Lada, Linda E. Lemar, Kristine Y. Patterson, Katherine M. Philips, Maria T. Tarrago-Trani, Wayne R. Wolf
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/554S?ijkey=gL/VfQTzSMpz.&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcnAssessing the vitamin D status of the US population
Elizabeth A. Yetley
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/558S?ijkey=53Tx/Jml7loxE&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcnVitamin D and cancer: current dilemmas and future research needs
Cindy D. Davis
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/565S?ijkey=hFQ/1m5zc4.xM&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcnSun exposure and vitamin D sufficiency
Barbara A. Gilchrest
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/570S?ijkey=mcRr.W7GBuPZk&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcnAdverse effects of nutritional inadequacy and excess: a hormetic model
Daniel P. Hayes
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/578S?ijkey=Df4PpxVKh/k6Y&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcnPharmacokinetics of vitamin D toxicity
Glenville Jones
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/582S?ijkey=SJFbZ0gRso7YY&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcnSummary of roundtable discussion on vitamin D research needs
Patsy M. Brannon, Elizabeth A. Yetley, Regan L. Bailey, and Mary Frances Picciano
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/88/2/587S?ijkey=hbrumvpIr1Hug&keytype=ref&siteid=ajcn