Many Muslim women wear the niqab or burqa, complying with the rules of the Quran (see Quran 33:59, for example). Our debate question: has their compliance led to inadequate acquisition of vitamin D from sunlight throughout the centuries?

Covering all of the skin (through wearing a burqa or niqab) inhibits one from absorbing Vitamin D from sunlight, and an inadequate amount of Vitamin D is associated with the diseases, rickets, and osteomalacia, which can lead to soft bones and skeletal deformities.  From the journal article, Vitamin D status and determinants of deficiency among non-pregnant Jordanian women of reproductive age, published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2012 Jun;66(6):751-6 we read these reported results: "Results showed 60.3% (95% CI: 57.1-63.4%) deficiency (<12 ng/ml) and 95.7% (95% CI: 94.4-96.8%) insufficiency (<20 ng/ml) among women. Prevalence of deficiency was 1.60 times higher for women who covered with a scarf/hijab (95% CI: 1.06-2.40, P = 0.024) and 1.87 times higher for women who wore full cover, or a niqab (95% CI: 1.20-2.93, P = 0.006), compared with the women who did not wear a scarf/hijab or niqab" [emphasis added].
In summary, then, can we all agree that -- as this link indicates --> Burkas ‘are bad for your health’ ?