Nutrients Webinar | Vitamin Deficiency and Benefits of Vitamin Supplementation for Human Health, 3 April 2025
Vitamins are essential nutrients that the body needs to function properly. Their intake via the diet is often inadequate compared to recommendations, and this is an issue in developing and industrialized countries for some vitamins. A person may not be aware of or ‘feel’ their poor vitamin status early on, nor may they present any other symptoms; rather, such a status impacts human health later on in life (triage theory). Intake data are developed via questionnaires, which present risks of under- or over-reporting. As such, it is more accurate to measure the status of vitamins in the body; data regarding this are more important because they reflect the actual situation in humans.
Statistics on suboptimal nutrient statuses provide individuals with information to act on and address nutritional disruption. Intake recommendations for vitamins are science-based and are often defined to avoid deficiencies; they differ for different age groups, sexes, and risk groups, such as pregnant and lactating women or the elderly. Intake recommendations are defined for healthy people, and in clinical conditions, there is insufficient research on vitamin depletion and deficiency, leading to inadequate treatment recommendations that do not consider the role that vitamins play in reducing risk in diseases that require higher recommendations. An optimal nutritional status provides many health benefits. This webinar will present examples of developed cut-off points for vitamin levels.
Date: 3 April 2025 at 2 p.m. CEST | 8 p.m. CST (Asia)
Webinar ID: 840 9110 1129
Website: https://sciforum.net/event/Nutrients-13
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Program:
| Speaker/Presentation | Time in CEST | Time in CST (Asia) |
| Prof. Dr. Manfred Eggersdorfer Chair introduction |
14:00–14:05 | 20:00–20:05 |
| Prof. Dr. Manfred Eggersdorfer Vitamin deficiency and the impact of an optimal status for health |
14:05–14:25 | 20:05–20:25 |
| Prof. Dr. Florian Schweigert Vitamin A deficiency: a global view |
14:25–14:45 | 20:25–20:45 |
| Prof. Dr. Stephan Bakker Vitamin deficiency in patients |
14:45–15:05 | 20:45–21:05 |
| Q&A Session | 15:05–15:15 | 21:05–21:15 |
| Prof. Dr. Manfred Eggersdorfer Closing the webinar |
15:15–15:25 | 21:15–21:25 |
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Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Manfred Eggersdorfer (Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands);
- Prof. Dr. Florian Schweigert (Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Germany);
- Prof. Dr. Stephan Bakker (Department of Internal Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands).
Relevant Special Issue:
“Assessment of Vitamin Deficiency and Benefits of Vitamin Supplementation for Human Health”
Guest Editor: Manfred Eggersdorfer