Rickets on rise as children stay indoors

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CHANGING lifestyles among children is leading to a Vitamin D deficiency and a rise in cases of rickets, medical experts say.

They said youngsters were spending more time indoors on their computers, whereas previous generations spent time playing outside.

Two medical experts have called for Vitamin D to be added to milk and other food products.

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