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The body needs the sun so it can produce vitamin D.
Vitamin D is needed to absorb calcium for your bones.
So without sun on the skin children are at risk of rickets and adults at risk of osteomalacia.
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Do water pills affect the skin?
Some diuretics make the skin more sensitive to sunlight.
Does Cold Weather Affect What if your Skin Color?
no, it does'nt affect your skin color. sunlight does make yor skin dark, staying inside the house won't.
How does sunlight affect living things?
It depends. If it is a plant it is the energy that powers photosynthesis, but if it is a human they get burnt and get skin cancer
What is the effect of sunlight on skin color?
it causes people tolook older than what they really are. It also causes age spots and brown spots -- wear sunscreen in the summer. Sunlight makes you wrinkly and makes you look old wayy before your middle ages.
Which of the following enables much of the world's population to maintain adequate vitamin D status?
Exposure to sunlight enables much of the world's population to maintain adequate vitamin D status. When the skin is exposed to sunlight, it produces vitamin D naturally. However, it is important to note that factors such as latitude, season, time of day, and skin pigmentation can affect the amount of vitamin D produced from sunlight.
How does sunlight affect leaves?
Sunlight per se has little affect on the leaves in fall; hours of daylight do have an affect.
Does the amount of sunlight affect the growth of the sunlight?
Yes
Does sunlight affect land and water differently?
sunlight affect land and water to due the heat.
How does skin color differ?
Skin colour is determined in part by genetics and in part by environment. Skin colour genetics is complex and involves several different genes, the genes determin the size and structure of melanin granules in the skin. A persons exposure to sunlight will affect the colour of their skin.
How does sunlight affect the aging of skin?
Sunlight affects the aging of the skin by causing premature aging, or early aging of the skin. This may cause you to have wrinkles, age spots, and dryness of the skin before most common people do. Also sunlight may cause your skin to become more thin and less smooth, and your skin will lose the plump, smooth look. Sunlight is good for vitamins, but try to stay out of the sun for too long for a certain period of time, and every 2-3 hours apply sun screen lotion to help prevent burning and drying out.
Why does skin turn darker when exposed to sunlight?
It is caused by sunburn, overexposure to sunlight.
How does sunlight affect agriculture?
due to some ultraviolet rays from sunlight.
