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Being outdoors isn't the same as sun exposure though. In particular, I can imagine that homeless people cover up more to prevent sunburn. Additionally, just bei
by cowboysauce 6y ago
Being outdoors isn't the same as sun exposure though. In particular, I can imagine that homeless people cover up more to prevent sunburn. Additionally, just being homeless might cause a depletion of vitamin D.
In general, I can imagine that people who spend a lot of time outdoors could get very little sun exposure since they would be more cognizant of the effects of the sun and more likely to wear sunscreen and protective clothing.
- haltingproblem 6y agoCan you explain why just being homeless might cause a depletion of vitamin D?
- BlueScreenDeath 6y ago> they would be more cognizant of the effects of the sun and more likely to wear sunscreen and protective clothing.
- Enginerrrd 6y agoThat's easy. Crappy diet and alcoholism. Something like 68% of single adult homeless credit substance abuse with their homelessness[1], with alcohol being the most commonly abused substance. Alcoholism and vitamin D deficiency has definitely been linked.[2] [1]http://www.ncdsv.org/images/USCM_Hunger-homelessness-Survey-in-America's-Cities_12%202008.pdf http://www.ncdsv.org/images/USCM_Hunger-homelessness-Survey-... [2]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5074581/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5074581/