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The risks and benefits of sun exposure 2016.
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51 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 143 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sunlight exposure practice and its associated factors among infants in Ethiopia, systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Are Environmental Interventions Targeting Skin Cancer Prevention among Children and Adolescents Effective? A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- The extent of public awareness and use of the Global Solar UV Index as a worldwide health promotion instrument to improve sun protection: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Photochemistry and photobiologyPooled it
- UVdose: an R package for estimating ambient vitamin D-effective UVB and erythemal UV doses.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2026Article
- Natural Light Exposure as a Potential 7th Pillar of Lifestyle Medicine.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2026Article
- Sun Exposure and Asthma Prevalence in Spanish Schoolchildren and Adolescents in the Global Asthma Network (GAN) Phase I Study: A Semi-Individual Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Family History and Solar Insolation in Bipolar I Disorder.Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- A narrative review on critical roles of iron levels in skin tone, aging, and photoaging.International journal of women's dermatology · 2026Review
- Functional Characterization ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Vitamin D-induced mechanisms in cancer prevention and therapy: Recent advances and future opportunities.Animal models and experimental medicine · 2025Review
- Objective Biomarkers of Outdoor Activity (Vitamin D and CUVAF) in Young Adults with Myopia During and After the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Practice and factors associated with neonatal sunlight exposure among mothers in Jigjiga City, Somali Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding vitamin D among adults in Ghana: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Association between a large change between the minimum and maximum monthly values of solar insolation and a history of suicide attempts in bipolar I disorder.International journal of bipolar disorders · 2024Article
- Association between self-perception of general health and sun-related behaviours.Skin health and disease · 2024Article
- Benefits of applying hourly resolution in the assessment of the climate aptitude to manage tourist activities in arid regions.International journal of biometeorology · 2024Article
- Association between sun exposure habits and disease progression in multiple sclerosis.European journal of neurology · 2024Article
- Students' Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding Solar Ultraviolet Exposure in Karachi, Pakistan.Ethiopian journal of health sciences · 2024Article
- Fiat Lux: Light and Pedagogy for the 21st Century.Annals of neurosciences · 2023Article
- Moderate Low UVB Irradiation Modulates Tumor-associated Macrophages and Dendritic Cells and Promotes Antitumor Immunity in Tumor-bearing Mice.Photochemistry and photobiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Public health authorities in the United States are recommending that men, women and children reduce their exposure to sunlight, based on concerns that this exposure will promote skin cancer. On the other hand, data show that increasing numbers of Americans suffer from vitamin D deficiencies and serious health problems caused by insufficient sun exposure. The body of science concerning the benefits of moderate sun exposure is growing rapidly, and is causing a different perception of sun/UV as it relates to human health. Melanoma and its relationship to sun exposure and sunburn is not adequately addressed in most of the scientific literature. Reports of favorable health outcomes related to adequate serum 25(OH)D concentration or vitamin D supplementation have been inappropriately merged, so that benefits of sun exposure other than production of vitamin D are not adequately described. This review of recent studies and their analyses consider the risks and benefits of sun exposure which indicate that insufficient sun exposure is an emerging public health problem. This review considers the studies that have shown a wide range health benefits from sun/UV exposure. These benefits include among others various types of cancer, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer disease/dementia, myopia and macular degeneration, diabetes and multiple sclerosis. The message of sun avoidance must be changed to acceptance of non-burning sun exposure sufficient to achieve serum 25(OH)D concentration of 30 ng/mL or higher in the sunny season and the general benefits of UV exposure beyond those of vitamin D.
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