Vitamin D in bone health: Where are we now?

Leading osteoporosis experts recently issued a statement with the National Osteoporosis Society (NOS) stressing that the current advice for vitamin D in bone health has not changed after a review concluded that vitamin D supplements do not strengthen bones or prevent broken bones. The new meta-analysis of 81 randomised trials was published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal1 and found no differences in the effects of higher versus lower doses of vitamin D. In the study, the authors pooled data from 81 randomised controlled trials. The majority of the trials studied vitamin D alone (ie, not prescribed in conjunction