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My nephew was diagnosed with rickets. I thought that rickets were gone, like polio and small pox.

Although the incidence of rickets did drop drastically, it is making a come back. This is due to people not going out in the sun and not eating vitamin D rich foods. Breastfed babies should, on their pediatrician's advice, be receiving vitamin D supplements because the vitamin does not pass through breast milk. When babies start to eat solid foods, those foods rich in vitamin D should be introduced into their diet. As people eat or drink more junk food or soda, this increase the risk of vitamin D deficiency because the junk and soda takes the place of healthier alternatives.

With education and proper nutrition, we might see rickets become less common again.


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