Hats Off To Vitamin D

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Tasmania’s Director of Public Health has advised students, parents and schools that, for health reasons, it should be “hats off” until spring.

Roscoe Taylor said the “hats off” policy should be implemented statewide to boost children’s vitamin D levels during the colder months. For the same reason, Taylor said sunscreen should also be put away until spring and that schools and child-care centers should suspend their usual sun protection policies during recess and lunchtime until September.

On Wednesday, Taylor joined a group of third-grade children from Lansdowne Primary School, who threw off their hats to get a healthy dose of vitamin D while playing in the lunchtime sunshine.

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