Word: vitaminic
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According to Jonathan M. Mansbach—lead author of the study and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School—vitamin D is acquired primarily through sun exposure and food consumption...
...high percentage of American children have low levels of vitamin D—a deficiency that could lead to a host of health problems, ranging from respiratory diseases to weak bones to the common cold—according to a recent study from Harvard-affiliated hospitals and the University of Colorado School of Medicine...
...study found that almost one-fifth of American children do not have enough of the vitamin, according to standards set by the American Academy of Pediatrics...
Almost 90 percent of African American children and 80 percent of Hispanic children were found to be vitamin D deficient...
...said he attributes the higher proportion of vitamin D deficiency among populations with darker skin tones to the greater amounts of melanin in their skin. As melanin impedes vitamin D production, it takes significantly longer for someone with darker skin to produce the adequate amounts...