{"id":5684,"date":"2012-07-13T16:00:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T21:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=5684"},"modified":"2012-07-13T13:21:02","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T18:21:02","slug":"how-sunscreen-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2012\/07\/13\/how-sunscreen-works\/","title":{"rendered":"How Sunscreen Works"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kids.Gov\"Washington, D.C.<\/strong> – Everyone needs some sun exposure; it\u2019s our primary source of vitamin D, which helps us absorb calcium for stronger, healthier bones. It doesn\u2019t take long for most people to get the vitamin D they need.<\/p>\n

Too much exposure to the sun\u2019s rays can cause skin damage, eye damage, and immune system suppression.<\/p>\n

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During the summer, kids can rack up a lot of time outdoors in the sun, so it is especially important to teach kids good sun safety habits.<\/p>\n

Sunscreen is a good way to protect the skin from harmful ultraviolet rays. The US Food and Drug Administration recommends using a sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 15 and with \u201cbroad spectrum protection\u201d on the label.<\/p>\n

Sunscreens won\u2019t protect your kids completely. Teach your kids these SunWise Kids Tips<\/a> for extra protection. Here is a fun game<\/a> (flash required) kids can play to teach them about sun safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington, D.C. – Everyone needs some sun exposure; it\u2019s our primary source of vitamin D, which helps us absorb calcium for stronger, healthier bones. It doesn\u2019t take long for most people to get the vitamin D they need. Too much exposure to the sun\u2019s rays can cause skin damage, eye damage, and immune system suppression. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[614,1110,107,1474,6929,4419,949,4084,1109,620,3338],"class_list":["post-5684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","tag-calcium","tag-fda","tag-featured","tag-kids","tag-kids-gov","tag-sun","tag-sunburn","tag-sunscreens","tag-u-s-food-and-drug-administration","tag-vitamin-d","tag-washington-d-c"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5684"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5686,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5684\/revisions\/5686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}