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Study eyes kids’ vitamin D intake – Saskatchewan

Monday, May 30, 2011
 Twyla Bode is anxious to get her two young daughters involved in a new research study into vitamin D deficiency in children being conducted in Saskatoon.
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Vitamins To Speed Up Metabolism And Aid Weight Loss

Monday, May 30, 2011
Henry James once wrote that the two sweetest words in the English language are ‘Summer Afternoon’- and he wasn’t talking about the effects of the sun’s essential vitamin on our abilities to speed up metabolism and fat loss. Indeed, there’s no end to the amount of happy times we can associate in the summer sun, either through playing outdoors as a kid, or playing outdoors as adults!
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Health unit seeks tanning ban – Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph ON

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Would prohibit marketing and selling to people under 19 years

“When you look at the statistics, this is primarily subject to young women.” Allen Taylor, WDGPH board member
As the outdoor tanning season draws nearer, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) is supporting a private member’s bill that would restrict people less than 19 years of age from getting a salon tan.… continue reading

Indoor workers suffer Vitamin D deficiency – Sydney Australia

Thursday, May 26, 2011
Almost half of all Australians working indoors will come out of the winter months lacking in vitamin D, a new study has found. A survey of Sydney office workers, presented at the Dietitians Association of Australia conference in Adelaide on Thursday, found 42 per cent were deficient in the vitamin at the end of winter.
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Commercial Sunscreens Get Bashed By Environmentalists: Check Out Their Green Picks

Thursday, May 26, 2011
 Sunscreen is a no-brainer in the summertime. Or is it? We’ve talked to dermatologists about sunscreens and how to choose one, but the conversation is decidedly more complex than that.
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