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Article: Teenage girls lacking in vitamin D.
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- Drug Week
- Article date:
- February 20, 2004
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2004 FEB 20 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A University of Maine researcher has found evidence that many girls in Maine are not getting enough vitamin D, either from their diets or sun exposure.
Lack of the critical nutrient could lead to health risks later in life, especially for osteoporosis. Vitamin D is necessary for the growth of healthy bones and may be critical in other bodily processes as well.
Over the last 3 years, Susan Sullivan of the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition has monitored sun exposure, diet, and blood levels of vitamin D in 23 girls ages 10 to 13. All of her subjects live in the Bangor, Maine, area. She conducted the ...