The great Aussie paradox: vitamin D deficiency rates soar

By Sarah Berry
Updated November 20 2012 - 12:08pm, first published October 23 2012 - 12:49pm
58 per cent of Australians are vitamin D deficient, according to Australia's largest vitamin D study to date.
58 per cent of Australians are vitamin D deficient, according to Australia's largest vitamin D study to date.

We might live in the sunny country, but our deficiency in the so-called 'sunshine hormone', vitamin D, is worse than previously thought.