How do indians have so many cases of osteoporosis when they get more than enough vitamin D from the sun and calcium from milk since they are huge in milk production and consumption?
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Vitamin D deficiency tends to occur in cities in India, people working in offices all day and pollution blocking out lots of the sunlight and a diet which doesn’t add much to D levels.
[Article](https://m.economictimes.com/consumer-life/why-indians-are-more-prone-to-osteoporosis/articleshow/2394094.cms)
[Another article ](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.indiatoday.in/amp/lifestyle/health/story/indians-fractures-calcium-osteoporosis-global-calcium-map-lifest-1067794-2017-10-20)
I guess it’s because of the vegetarian diet that the majority practices. Meat has calcium
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