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June 30, 2008
Vitamin deficient
City residents take part in study that shows blacks lack vitamin D

By Eric Eyre
Staff writer

After her yearly checkup with her doctor, Mary Wesley was surprised to learn the results of her blood work: She had a vitamin D deficiency.
"I was telling them I was tired, and it turns out my vitamin D was very, very low," recalled Wesley, who lives on Charleston's West Side and goes to the FamilyCare Community Health Center. "They said I wasn't getting enough sun, that I wasn't outside enough."
A recent study found a striking difference in the numbers of black adults who have vitamin D deficiency compared to whites - even after controlling for factors such as sun exposure and diet.

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