KUALA LUMPUR: The obsession with being fair-skinned is among the main contributing factors to Vitamin D deficiency, including in young children in Malaysia, says an expert.
Head of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Nutrition Science Programme Prof Dr Poh Bee Koon said besides preferring to remain indoors, Malaysians were ingrained with the idea that having fair skin was the criterion to being beautiful.
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