Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Vanachiremba vakakumbira kuti vana vaduku vapiwe mavhitaminzi pachena pashure pokunge nhamba yevanorwara nechirwere chetsandanyama yawedzera nemhaka yokushayikwa kwechiedza chezuva. Mukuru wezvokurapa wenyika yacho Dame Sally Davies anonzi ari kunetseka nenhamba yevana vanotambura nechirwere ichi, icho chinokonzerwa nokushayikwa kwevhitamini D. Chirwere ichi, chirwere cheBritain yomunguva yaVictorian, chakanga chaparadzwa chose chose pashure peHondo Yenyika II asi chiri kudzoka sezvo vaduku vakawanda vachigara mumba vachitamba mitambo yemavhidhiyo pane kuenda kunze. Dzorera pasi kuti uone vhidhiyo. Dame Sally Davies, mukuru wezvokurapa wenyika, uyo akarayira kuongororwa kwemitengo mukupa vose vari pasi pemakumbo mana mavitamini D okuwedzera asingabhadharwi. Zvino, kwakashumwa kuti Purofesa Davies akarayira National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) kuti iongorore mutengo wokupa mavitamini kuvana vose vari pasi pemakore mana okukura, mukuedza kuchinja muitiro wacho. Chiito chacho chiri kutsigirwa nomumwe wenyanzvi dzeBritain dzinotungamirira pamusoro pokushayikwa kwevhitamini D paUniversity College Hospital London Alastair Sutcliffe, uyo akataura nezve'nhenda' yezviitiko nemhaka yokushayikwa kwokubuda kwezuva uye kushandiswa kwakanyanyisa kwechinovhara zuva. Akaudza Sunday Times kuti: 'Hapana chinhu chinopiwa pachena asi mutengo wemigumisiro yakaipa yokushayikwa kwezvokudya izvi, yakadai sechirwere chetsandanyama uye kupererwa neropa mumhuri dzisingapi vana zvokudya izvi zvinovaka muviri wakakura zvikuru nokuda kweNHS. 'Zvinodzivirira zuva zvine simba kwazvo zvokuti zvinoshanda asi unoguma usina kuiswa muzuva. 'Mugumisiro wacho ndewokuti uri kuvharira chiedza chezuva uye une mugumisiro wechipiri wokuderedzwa kwokubuda kwechiedza chezuva uko rudzi rwomunhu runoda.' Chirwere chechihure chinokonzerwa nokushayikwa kwevhitamini D uye chinokonzera kuremara kwemapfupa zvakadai sokukotama kwemakumbo, kwakaratidzwa pamufananidzo, uye kukombama kwemutsipa. Chirwere chetsandanyama, chinozivikanwawo semapfupa akapfava, chinogona kukonzera kuremara kwakadai sokukotama kwemakumbo uye kukombama kwemutsipa. Mukati mehondo vana vakapiwa zvokudya zvokuwedzera zvakadai semafuta echiropa checod, asi muitiro uyu wakamira muma1950. Kufungidzirwa kuti 40 muzana yevana vanofungidzirwa...
Dame Sally Davies akarayira kunzvera mumutengo wokupa mavitamini akasununguka. Kunouya pashure pokunge nhamba yezviitiko zvechirwere chetsandanyama muvana muUK yawedzera. Kuwedzera kwacho kuri kunzi kuri kukonzerwa nokuti vana havasi kupedza nguva yakawanda vari panze vachitamba. Chirwere ichi chinogona kukonzera kuti mapfupa aome zvakaita semakumbo akapfugama uye kumonyoroka kwemutsipa.