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Article: Vitamin D deficiency a re-emerging concern.(Springfield Extra)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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Byline: YOUR HEALTH By Todd Huffman For The Register-Guard
Most of us would not imagine that in 21st century America there still exist nutritional deficiencies such as rickets. Yet cases of rickets in infants, children and teens attributable to inadequate vitamin D intake and decreased exposure to sunlight continue to be reported.
Even most physicians are unaware of the true and worsening scope of the problem, believing rickets to be a relic of a bygone era.
Rickets is a state of extreme vitamin D deficiency, leading to markedly low levels of calcium and phosphorous in the body. When calcium, phosphorous and vitamin D are not present in ...