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"Adults (including women who are pregnant or breastfeeding), young people and children over 4 years should consider taking a daily supplement containing 10 micrograms (400 units; also called international units [IU]) of vitamin D between October and early March because people do not make enough vitamin D from sunlight in these months.
Adults, young people and children over 4 years should consider taking a daily supplement containing 10 micrograms (400 units) of vitamin D throughout the year:
- if they have little or no sunshine exposure including because they:
- are not often outdoors, for example, if they are frail, housebound or living in a care home
- usually wear clothes that cover up most of their skin when outdoors
- are spending most of their time indoors because of the COVID‑19 pandemic
- if they have dark skin, for example, if they are of African, African-Caribbean or south Asian family origin, because they may not make enough vitamin D from sunlight.
Posted By: Tricky Hawes, Jan 11, 14:59:52
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