D2d addresses an important and
timely question and could have a significant
impact in the clinically important
areas of vitamin D supplementation
and type 2 diabetes prevention
with extensive public health implications,
especially given that the cost of
supplementation is low compared
with treating the chronic disease
and its complications. If D2d confirms
the hypothesis of a link between
vitamin D and type 2 diabetes, then
vitamin D supplementation will be integrated
into conventional medical approaches
to prevent type 2 diabetesand ameliorate personal and societal disease
burden.