title: Why the IOM recommendations for vitamin D are deficient.
abstract: The IOM recommendations for vitamin D fail in a major way on logic, on science, and on effective public health guidance. Moreover, by failing to use a physiological referent, the IOM approach constitutes precisely the wrong model for development of nutritional policy.
authors.affiliation: Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA. rheaney@creighton.edu
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Heaney
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Holick
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000187:drug effects; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D006287:Health Planning Guidelines; D006801:Humans; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D011640:Public Policy; D014481:United States; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D; C104450:25-hydroxyvitamin D