Vitamin D Deficiency Risk Factors

If you meet any of these criteria, chances are you're not getting enough D.

By Nancy Kalish
O, The Oprah Magazine | October 20, 2010

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You have dark skin.

If your skin has a high melanin content, you absorb less sunshine. Forty to 60 percent of African-Americans are deficient in vitamin D.