Towards an adequate intake of vitamin D

Regulations and research undergo rapid development

European regulations, legislation and research in the field of vitamins, minerals and trace elements, known as micronutrients, undergo rapid development. It is for this reason that the Minister for Health, Welfare and Sport has asked the Health Council of the Netherlands for advice on reviewing its policy in this area in the light of new scientific developments.
The aim of the new policy is to ensure that as many people as possible consume adequate quantitites of micronutrients while, at the same time, minimising the risk that people exceed the safe upper level of intake. In this advisory report, the committee set up to address this issue indicates the requirements for vitamin D.

Committee

• Professor G. Schaafsma, Emeritus Professor of Food and Nutrition, Wageningen University / Former director food and health, TNO Quality of Life, Zeist, chairman
• Dr. H. van den Berg, Nutritional expert, Nutrition Centre, The Hague
• E.N. Blok, Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, The Hague, advisor
• Dr. H.J. Blom, Clinical biochemic geneticist, Free University Medical Centre, Amsterdam
• Professor C.P.G.M. de Groot, Professor of Nutritional Physiology, with a particular focus on the ageing process and elderly people, Wageningen University
• Dr. M. den Heijer, Endocrinologist, St. Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen
• Dr. K.F.A.M. Hulshof, Nutritional expert, formerly with TNO Quality of Life, Zeist
• Professor P.T.A.M. Lips, Professor of Endocrinology, Free University Medical Centre, Amsterdam
• Professor I.M.C.M. Rietjens, Professor of Toxicology, Wageningen University
• Professor P.J.J. Sauer, Professor of Paediatric Medicine, University of Groningen
• Professor P. van ’t Veer, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Wageningen University
• Dr. T. Vulsma, Paediatrician and endocrinologist, Amsterdam University Medical Centre
• Dr. R.M. Weggemans, Health Council, The Hague, scientific secretary