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Rickets develops in growing children who are not exposed to sunlight and, therefore, have a deficiency of __________.
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Vitamin D. Vitamin D is made from 7-dehydrocholesterol and needs UV light in order to be activated. Because the children are not exposed to sunlight, they are receiving insufficient UV light.
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