I mentioned to my husband that I was appalled that some of the "Lost Boys"
from the Sudan (civil war refugees) had been relocated to Fargo, North
Dakota (see the article by Sara Corbett in this past Sunday's New York Times
Magazine -- she is also doing an article on extended bf for a future edition
of the magazine).  Anyway, I was appalled because people from the Sudan are
from one of the hottest countries on earth, and with the highest rates of UV
radiation, and therefore have among the darkest skin on earth.  Should these
young boys and men marry dark-skinned women and have babies in North Dakota,
they'll need TONS of Vitamin D supplements, regardless of how much sunshine
they get, which won't be much because it's so darned cold there.

My husband was discussing this with an MD he works with who is from Kenya
(also very hot and some of the people very dark skinned) and the Kenya
doctor said that rickets is now a problem in Kenya because people keep their
kids covered up (clothed) all the time, whereas they used to run around
naked for the first several years of their life.

Kathy Dettwyler
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