This was a well known problem in Saudi Arabia, but it is a bit surprising that it would occur in a Western society...
Vitamin D often low in seemingly healthy girls - Yahoo! News: "NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a study of healthy adolescent girls, researchers found that insufficient vitamin D levels were a relatively common finding, with non-white girls more severely affected.
According to the UK-based study team, 'reduced sunshine exposure rather than diet explained the difference in vitamin D status of white and non-white girls' in the study, reported in the Archives of Disease in Childhood."
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