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This child's bowed legs are a symptom of rickets, a disease resulting from vitamin-D deficiency. Because their skin absorbs less sunlight, dark-skinned people need more sun exposure to synthesize the recommended daily amount of vitamin-D. [photograph by Marion Post Wolcott. Corbis. Reproduced by permission.]

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