Blog Entries tagged 'sunlight' http://etstan.com Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:07:01 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://etstan.com/component/option,com_myblog/Itemid,257/show,Rickets-is-Back-With-a-Vengeance.html/ When I was a kid, we played outside every day from about April to November and if it wasn't too cold in the winter, our mothers sent us out in the snow. Today, kids are inside playing video games, watching movies, surfing the Internet and simply not getting the sunlight and vitamin D they need to maintain their personal health. <br /><br />While I don't want to turn this into a story about how I had to walk ten miles to school (it was actually only eight), I think this downturn in sun exposure c [...] rwilson@etstan.com Tue, 26 May 2009 01:00:00 +0100 vitamin d UV-B rays sunlight rickets