YouTuber Armaan Malik and Kritika Maliks 2-year-old son Zaid has been diagnosed with rickets — a bone disorder caused by vitamin D deficiency Read on to know more!

Rickets softens the bones and can cause deformities ... and the rise in the amount of time children spend inside mean the risk for children is growing. Many children now remain indoors in daycare ...

Children with darker skin were more at risk of being affected by the "more serious end of rickets", Wheeler said. "The groups we see the highest rates are the people who are New Zealanders of ...

This helps to prevent rickets, a disease which progressively ... The downside of pale skin, however, is that it increases the risk of skin cancer in areas with strong prolonged sunlight.