Winter wellbeing: PHA recommends daily vitamin D supplement
The Public Health Agency (PHA) is encouraging people across Northern Ireland to consider taking a daily vitamin D supplement to support wellbeing during the autumn and winter months.
The importance of vitamin D this autumn and winter
The Public Health Agency (PHA) recommends that everyone should consider taking a vitamin D supplement this autumn and winter to help keep bones, teeth and muscles healthy.
This leaflet highlights the importance of vitamin D supplements for particular groups, including babies, children aged between 1 and 4 years, people whose exposure to sunlight is limited, and those with darker skins (eg those of African, African-Caribbean and South Asian origin). It also highlights the recommendations that all adults and children aged 5 years and over should consider taking vitamin D supplements of 10 micrograms during the autumn and winter months (October to late March/April).
Udated guidelines for health pofessionals on folic acid and vitamin D supplementation.
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