Vitamin D & Chronic Disease Risk

Format: Self-study web-based presentation (slideshow plus audio)
Date Released: August 2009

Objectives

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

1. Identify risk factors for 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency.
2. Describe the association between low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and chronic disease risk.
3. Describe the appropriate biochemical marker for nutritional vitamin D sufficiency, the circulating level that should be attained and current clinical recommendations.

Please evaluate questions 1-5 based on the following scale:
1 = Poor      2 = Fair     3 = Good      4 = Very Good      5 = Excellent