There’s a new study coming Britain that TV and video games may be the cause for a resurgence of rickets in children. Rickets can lead to developmental abnormalities such bowed legs. Rickets can occur when a child has chronic vitamin D deficiencies from too many hours out of direct sunlight and/or with poor nutrition. Healthy exposure to sunlight helps the body produce vitamin D which promotes normal growth and development.
What’s the lesson to be learned here? Connecting and playing in the cyber-world is fun, but balance your time between virtual reality and reality for healthy mind and body. Read the full story here.
