{"id":25745,"date":"2026-01-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/article70541372-ece\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:16:08","slug":"article70541372-ece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/?p=25745","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin D\u00a0deficiency:\u00a0why are Indians deficient of this sunshine vitamin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In India,\u00a0vitamin D deficiency levels\u00a0are\u00a0present in 30 \u2013 50% population, higher\u00a0than what is seen in developed countries\u00a0such as the\u00a0U.K.\u00a0or\u00a0U.S.\u00a0A probable reason\u00a0for this is\u00a0poor exposure to sunlight, atmospheric\u00a0pollution, vegetarian\u00a0diets\u00a0and lack of fortification of dairy products in\u00a0the country<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\n<strong>Source:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/vitamin-ddeficiencywhy-are-indians-deficient-of-this-sunshine-vitamin\/article70541372.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nwww.thehindu.com<br \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#666;\">\n<strong>Medical Disclaimer:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis content is shared for informational and educational purposes only.<br \/>\nIt does not constitute medical, legal, or policy advice.<br \/>\nHealthcare decisions should always be made in consultation with qualified professionals.\n<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In India,\u00a0vitamin D deficiency levels\u00a0are\u00a0present in 30 \u2013 50% population, higher\u00a0than what is seen in developed countries\u00a0such as the\u00a0U.K.\u00a0or\u00a0U.S.\u00a0A probable reason\u00a0for this is\u00a0poor exposure to sunlight, atmospheric\u00a0pollution, vegetarian\u00a0diets\u00a0and lack of fortification of dairy products in\u00a0the country Source: www.thehindu.com Medical Disclaimer: This content is shared for informational and educational purposes only. It does not constitute medical, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1747],"tags":[16518,16520,16519,16521,2476],"class_list":["post-25745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness-lifestyle","tag-ddeficiencywhy","tag-deficient","tag-indians","tag-sunshine","tag-vitamin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickbydoc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}