Vitamin D and obesity
| dc.contributor.author | Vanlint, Simon John | en |
| dc.contributor.school | School of Population Health : General Practice | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Obesity is a significant health problem world-wide, particularly in developed nations. Vitamin D deficiency is pandemic, and has been implicated in a wide variety of disease states. This paper seeks to examine the consistently reported relationship between obesity and low vitamin D concentrations, with reference to the possible underlying mechanisms. The possibility that vitamin D may assist in preventing or treating obesity is also examined, and recommendations for future research are made. There is a clear need for adequately-powered, prospective interventions which include baseline measurement of 25D concentrations and involve adequate doses of supplemental vitamin D. Until such studies have been reported, the role of vitamin D supplementation in obesity prevention remains uncertain. | en |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Simon Vanlint | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Nutrients, 2013; 5(3):949-956 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/nu5030949 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2072-6643 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/78418 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | MDPI | en |
| dc.rights | © 2013 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). | en |
| dc.subject | Vitamin D; obesity; overweight; calcium | en |
| dc.title | Vitamin D and obesity | en |
| dc.type | Journal article | en |