Talk:Vitamin D deficiency more common, serious, than thought

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How about the title:Vitamin D deficiency both more common and more serious than previously thought.?Richard L. Peterson 18:38, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds fine to me. JoshuaZ 18:46, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Both of those titles were too long. I changed it to "Vitamin D deficiency could be more common, researchers say". —FellowWiki Newsie 19:12, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Still not sure about the title. Seems a bit odd as it is. Jcart1534 00:33, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

How about:"Vitamin D deficiency more common, serious, than thought"130.86.14.88 01:54, 3 November 2007 (UTC)Richard L. Peterson 01:55, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

-Forgot to say why ithink my proposed title above is better-the first paragraph is mainly about the benefits of vit D, thus implying the gravity of vit D deficiency. The paragraph then moves to how common deficiency is. The title should reflect that.Richard L. Peterson 01:59, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I like that Richard. I'll make the change. Cheers, Jcart1534 02:02, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"caucasians" instead of "Americans with lighter skins"..[edit]

One problem with caucasian to me is we mean to contrast African Americans with other Americans, not with caucasians all over the world. I mean, the girls in the study in Denmark and elsewhere in N.Europe apparently had a worse deficiency rate than African Americans. Also, "lighter skinned" is helpful exposition because it reminds you that sunlight helps make vitamin D. Also, should Caucasian be capitalized?Richard L. Peterson 05:54, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Since caucasian can refer to people of a variety of skin tones, I agree that the term should perhaps not be used. Perhaps, "European-American" would be better, especially as it is contrasted with what is termed "African-American". If you insist on changing one term to "lighter skinned" then the other term should be changed to "darker skinned", should it not? --SVTCobra 04:11, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
maybe, I'm not sure. The article referred to a study on African American women, not women with darker skin.130.86.14.89 03:41, 8 November 2007 (UTC)Richard L. Peterson 03:42, 8 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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