00:00 For people with very dark skin tones, they're at very low risk of skin cancer but higher
00:07 risk of vitamin D deficiency.
00:09 So for those people, we would actually be advocating spending some time outdoors and
00:15 that routine sun protection is not required.
00:18 You can get vitamin D from a supplement and that's part of the reason that we've released
00:21 this new position statement.
00:23 That we know that sun exposure actually has benefits in addition to producing vitamin
00:28 D.
00:29 So for people who are at very high risk of getting a skin cancer, then it's probably
00:33 better to accept that we may not get all the benefits of sun exposure and take a vitamin
00:37 D supplement.
00:39 But for everybody else, getting enough sun exposure to maintain vitamin D is also a good
00:45 way of getting the other benefits of the sun.
00:47 For everybody other than people with deeply pigmented skin, we would encourage people
00:52 to err on the side of caution and for that really high risk group, they should be routinely
00:57 covered with clothing when outdoors.
00:59 Sun is not enough.
01:00 We should be wearing clothing and hats and seeking shade at all times.
01:04 But for people who are at somewhat lower risk, morning sunscreen application is really important
01:10 on all days when the UV index is forecast to get to three.
01:13 But spending a short amount of time and I would emphasise short, outside to maintain
01:19 vitamin D levels and covering up beyond that time is actually a reasonable strategy to
01:24 adopt.
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