Vitamin D insufficiency among free-living healthy young adults
V Tangpricha, EN Pearce, TC Chen… - The American journal of …, 2002 - amjmed.com
(1). In addition, there is increasing evidence that vitamin D may protect against common
cancers, such as cancer of the colon (2–4), prostate (5), and breast (6). Young adults aged
17 to 35 years drink inadequate amounts of milk (7) and are concerned about exposure to
the sun because of the fear of developing skin cancer (8, 9), which increases the risk of
vitamin D insufficiency (10). We sought to examine the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency
in a group of free-living healthy young adults, consisting of mostly health care professionals …
cancers, such as cancer of the colon (2–4), prostate (5), and breast (6). Young adults aged
17 to 35 years drink inadequate amounts of milk (7) and are concerned about exposure to
the sun because of the fear of developing skin cancer (8, 9), which increases the risk of
vitamin D insufficiency (10). We sought to examine the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency
in a group of free-living healthy young adults, consisting of mostly health care professionals …