{"id":2625,"date":"2009-10-29T03:59:10","date_gmt":"2009-10-29T07:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/index.php\/new-study-suggests-2-of-3-children-in-the-united-states-dont-get-enough-d\/"},"modified":"2011-10-31T16:23:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T16:23:48","slug":"new-study-suggests-2-of-3-children-in-the-united-states-dont-get-enough-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/new-study-suggests-2-of-3-children-in-the-united-states-dont-get-enough-d\/","title":{"rendered":"New study suggests 2 of 3 children in the United States don&#8217;t get enough D"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OCT. 28, 2009 \u2014 Two thirds of children in the United States are vitamin D deficient, according to a study published this week in the medical journal Pediatrics.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2009-10-27-d-ficient-kids-tanningnews-copy.jpg\" title=\"2009-10-27-d-ficient-kids-tanningnews-copy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2009-10-27-d-ficient-kids-tanningnews-copy.thumbnail.jpg\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px\" alt=\"2009-10-27-d-ficient-kids-tanningnews-copy.jpg\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"10\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Millions of children in the U.S. may not get enough vitamin D, and African-American and Hispanic kids are especially at risk, a new study suggests,&#8221; internet health source WebMD.com reported on the study. &#8220;Researchers concluded that more than 6 million U.S. children have lower vitamin D levels than the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends. And more than two out of three children, or 24 million, have lower levels than may be optimal for good health.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What the WebMD story identified as &#8220;sub-optimal&#8221; vitamin D levels are now recognized by vitamin D experts as simply being &#8220;vitamin D deficient.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The body converts UV rays from the sun into vitamin D, and all agree that sun exposure is the most efficient way to increase blood levels of the vitamin,&#8221; WebMD reported, adding the blanket caveat that &#8220;sun exposure also increases the risk of skin cancer and most dermatologists and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that children wear sunscreen at all times while outside in the sun.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The problem with that statement: It isn&#8217;t true.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sun exposure is the only natural way to increase vitamin D levels to the optimal range \u2014 there isn&#8217;t a single study showing that you can do that through diet,&#8221; Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. &#8220;Saying that sun exposure increases the risk of skin cancer and should be avoided is even more ridiculous than saying that water increases the risk of drowning, so people shouldn&#8217;t drink water. There are more studies showing that chemical sunscreen usage increases melanoma risk than there are studies saying that it decreases risk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To read the WebMD story <a href=\"http:\/\/children.webmd.com\/news\/20091026\/u-s-kids-may-need-more-vitamin-d\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OCT. 28, 2009 \u2014 Two thirds of children in the United States are vitamin D deficient, according to a study published this week in the medical journal Pediatrics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New study suggests 2 of 3 children in the United States don&#039;t get enough D - Smart Tan News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"OCT. 28, 2009 \u2014 Two thirds of children in the United States are vitamin D deficient, according to a study published this week in the medical journal Pediatrics. &quot;Millions of children in the U.S. may not get enough vitamin D, and African-American and Hispanic kids are especially at risk, a new study suggests,&quot; internet health source WebMD.com reported on the study. &quot;Researchers concluded that more than 6 million U.S. children have lower vitamin D levels than the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends. 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There are more studies showing that chemical sunscreen usage increases melanoma risk than there are studies saying that it decreases risk.\" To read the WebMD story click here.","og_url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/new-study-suggests-2-of-3-children-in-the-united-states-dont-get-enough-d\/","og_site_name":"Smart Tan News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SmartTan","article_published_time":"2009-10-29T07:59:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2011-10-31T16:23:48+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2009-10-27-d-ficient-kids-tanningnews-copy.thumbnail.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"smarttan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SmartTan","twitter_site":"@SmartTan","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"smarttan","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/new-study-suggests-2-of-3-children-in-the-united-states-dont-get-enough-d\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/new-study-suggests-2-of-3-children-in-the-united-states-dont-get-enough-d\/"},"author":{"name":"smarttan","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4191f4b1131c0a37b4fd39f876771e7b"},"headline":"New study suggests 2 of 3 children in the United States don&#8217;t get enough D","datePublished":"2009-10-29T07:59:10+00:00","dateModified":"2011-10-31T16:23:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/new-study-suggests-2-of-3-children-in-the-united-states-dont-get-enough-d\/"},"wordCount":308,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/new-study-suggests-2-of-3-children-in-the-united-states-dont-get-enough-d\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2009-10-27-d-ficient-kids-tanningnews-copy.thumbnail.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/new-study-suggests-2-of-3-children-in-the-united-states-dont-get-enough-d\/","url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/new-study-suggests-2-of-3-children-in-the-united-states-dont-get-enough-d\/","name":"New study suggests 2 of 3 children in the United States don't get enough D - Smart Tan News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/new-study-suggests-2-of-3-children-in-the-united-states-dont-get-enough-d\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/new-study-suggests-2-of-3-children-in-the-united-states-dont-get-enough-d\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2009-10-27-d-ficient-kids-tanningnews-copy.thumbnail.jpg","datePublished":"2009-10-29T07:59:10+00:00","dateModified":"2011-10-31T16:23:48+00:00","description":"OCT. 28, 2009 \u2014 Two thirds of children in the United States are vitamin D deficient, according to a study published this week in the medical journal Pediatrics. \"Millions of children in the U.S. may not get enough vitamin D, and African-American and Hispanic kids are especially at risk, a new study suggests,\" internet health source WebMD.com reported on the study. \"Researchers concluded that more than 6 million U.S. children have lower vitamin D levels than the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends. And more than two out of three children, or 24 million, have lower levels than may be optimal for good health.\" What the WebMD story identified as \"sub-optimal\" vitamin D levels are now recognized by vitamin D experts as simply being \"vitamin D deficient.\" \"The body converts UV rays from the sun into vitamin D, and all agree that sun exposure is the most efficient way to increase blood levels of the vitamin,\" WebMD reported, adding the blanket caveat that \"sun exposure also increases the risk of skin cancer and most dermatologists and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that children wear sunscreen at all times while outside in the sun.\" The problem with that statement: It isn't true. \"Sun exposure is the only natural way to increase vitamin D levels to the optimal range \u2014 there isn't a single study showing that you can do that through diet,\" Smart Tan Vice President Joseph Levy said. \"Saying that sun exposure increases the risk of skin cancer and should be avoided is even more ridiculous than saying that water increases the risk of drowning, so people shouldn't drink water. There are more studies showing that chemical sunscreen usage increases melanoma risk than there are studies saying that it decreases risk.\" To read the WebMD story click here.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/new-study-suggests-2-of-3-children-in-the-united-states-dont-get-enough-d\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/new-study-suggests-2-of-3-children-in-the-united-states-dont-get-enough-d\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/new-study-suggests-2-of-3-children-in-the-united-states-dont-get-enough-d\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2009-10-27-d-ficient-kids-tanningnews-copy.thumbnail.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/2009-10-27-d-ficient-kids-tanningnews-copy.thumbnail.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/new-study-suggests-2-of-3-children-in-the-united-states-dont-get-enough-d\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New study suggests 2 of 3 children in the United States don&#8217;t get enough D"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/","name":"Smart Tan News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#organization","name":"Smart Tan","url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Smart-Tan.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Smart-Tan.png","width":500,"height":164,"caption":"Smart Tan"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SmartTan","https:\/\/x.com\/SmartTan"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4191f4b1131c0a37b4fd39f876771e7b","name":"smarttan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/60bebff64d4c62315967b9126de927b81d5a9d9511fd52f9dbe9e8b344149182?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/60bebff64d4c62315967b9126de927b81d5a9d9511fd52f9dbe9e8b344149182?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/60bebff64d4c62315967b9126de927b81d5a9d9511fd52f9dbe9e8b344149182?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"smarttan"},"url":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/author\/smarttan\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6886,"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625\/revisions\/6886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}