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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Inner-city apartment living may reduce access to vitamin D (page 1 .

A trend towardsincreased indoor living, and the growing popularity ofinner-city apartments, raise issues about potential vitamin Ddeficiency through reduced access to sunlight, University ofOtago biochemist Associate Prof Tony Merriman says.

A recent Sunday Star Times article highlightednational concerns that inner-city apartment living, withchildren playing mainly indoors, could have a raise in thenumber who were vitamin D deficient.