Vitamin D Deficiency

🔬Causes & Risk Factors

• 1Primarily caused by inadequate sun exposure due to indoor lifestyles
• 2use of sunscreen
• 3darker skin pigmentation that reduces vitamin D synthesis
• 4and clothing that covers most of the skin. Dietary intake is often insufficient since few common foods naturally contain significant vitamin D. Malabsorption conditions
• 5obesity
• 6chronic kidney or liver disease
• 7and certain medications can also impair vitamin D metabolism and increase deficiency risk.