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Society for Endocrinology BES 2022

Harrogate, United Kingdom
14 Nov 2022 - 16 Nov 2022

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SfE BES is returning to Harrogate in 2022. Join with endocrine specialists from across the UK and beyond for the Society for Endocrinology's flagship meeting.

Debate

Motion: This House believes that Vitamin D supplementation should be a high public health priority

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This house believes that Vitamin D supplementation should be a high public health priority. For the motion

Hewison Martin

This year marks the 100th anniversary of vitamin D. Since its discovery in 1922 - as a factor that protects against the bone disease rickets - our understanding of vitamin D has evolved dramatically. Vitamin D has morphed from environmental/nutritional factor to steroid hormone endocrine regulator to intracrine modulator of transcription. Despite this, vitamin D-deficiency continues to be prevalent in the UK and nutritional rickets remains a significant clinical problem, notab...