Vitamin D deficiency is most likely to occur in a child who is involved in:

a. soccer.
b. baseball.
c. gymnastics.
d. tennis.


ANS: C
Gymnastics is an indoor sport, so the child would have less sun exposure. This would result in less vitamin D production in his or her skin.

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