[GeorgeSaden]

Keeping kids inside the classroom all day doesn't help. And while they do get summers off, just 20 minutes in the summer sun is enough to deplete all the cholesterol in the skin necessary for the production of D.

Really, kids, and adults for that matter, should be spending much more time outside in the spring and fall.

I'd think it would be great if April and October were spring and fall breaks for school kids -- at least in the more southern states.

[massgopguy]

D-R-I-N-K-Y-O-U-R-O-V-A-L-T-I-N-E

[Magic Fingers]

“...just 20 minutes in the summer sun is enough to deplete all the cholesterol in the skin necessary for the production of D.”

I don’t understand that statement.

[luckystarmom]

I didn’t worry about vitamin D for my kids because we live in California, and they eat outside and typically spend at least an hour a day outside.

Well, one of my daughters was diagnosed with vitamin D deficiency. She is on anti-seizure medication, and that zaps vitamin D levels.

I also tested low.

All my kids get supplements now.

[dervish]

20 minutes naked perhaps. But the amount of our skin that gets exposed is not adequate.