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Advice about healthy sun exposure to ensure adequate Vitamin D production generally notes that more exposure is required if you have Melanin in your skin (i.e darker skin).

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-...

"If you have dark skin – for example you have an African, African-Caribbean or south Asian background – you may also not get enough vitamin D from sunlight."



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