While the two conditions are both characterized by soft bones, rickets occur in children, and osteomalacia tends to occur in adults but can occur at any age. While often discussed synonymously ...

But the childhood disease of rickets is on the rise again, nutritionists have warned. They say it is because a generation of inactive children are not getting enough sunlight and not consuming ...

Professor Ben Wheeler says rickets should be a quirk of a bygone era: a disease belonging in a Charles Dickens novel more ...

The condition affects children and infants, causes bone deformities and sometimes seizures, and is most often caused by a deficiency of vitamin D or calcium.

There were 60 cases in three years in the last surge. This time, there have been 20 cases in just four months.

Ben Wheeler, professor at the University of Otago's Department of Women and Children's Health, said last time there was a significant rise in rickets in Aotearoa - about a decade ago - there were ...