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Analysis v1
Being taller doesn’t cause your body to have more or less vitamin D—any link you see between height and vitamin D is probably because taller people spend more time outside or have bigger bodies, not because height directly affects vitamin D.
Evidence from Studies
Supporting (1)
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Causal relationship between vitamin D and adult height: A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study
Computational/Algorithm Study
2025 Aug 29This study used genes to check if being taller causes higher vitamin D levels — and found it doesn’t. So any link we see in regular studies is probably because of other factors, like how much sun people get, not because height changes vitamin D.
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No contradicting evidence found
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