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Every child in the country should be given free vitamins by the NHS in order to stave off the return of rickets, the Chief Medical Officer for England has said.
Experts said the changes should be introduced because too many children were being denied vital nutrients by poor diets, while getting too little sunshine because they spend too much time indoors on computers and gaming consoles.
In other cases, parents have become so worried about skin cancer that they smother children in too much sunscreen when they do go outside, inadvertently increasing their risk of rickets, which is caused by vitamin D deficiency, doctors said.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...s-to-stave-off-rickets-chief-doctor-says.html
Experts said the changes should be introduced because too many children were being denied vital nutrients by poor diets, while getting too little sunshine because they spend too much time indoors on computers and gaming consoles.
In other cases, parents have become so worried about skin cancer that they smother children in too much sunscreen when they do go outside, inadvertently increasing their risk of rickets, which is caused by vitamin D deficiency, doctors said.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...s-to-stave-off-rickets-chief-doctor-says.html