Vitamin D supplementation for overweight or obese children
Vitamin D supplementation for overweight or obese children

Author(s): Marwan Issa, Boshra Nasser, Tatiana Kimáková
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: obesity; vitamin D; hypovitaminosis;
Summary/Abstract: Obesity in children is a complex disorder, its prevalence has increased so significantly in recent years that many consider it a major health concern of the developed world. Observational and clinical studies show that vitamin D deficiency and fat mass are inversely correlated, and recent intervention trials indicate that correcting the poor vitamin D status associated with obesity may attenuate some of the comorbidities of obesity. It is not clear whether hypovitaminosis D contributes to, or is a consequence of obesity, or whether there are regulatory interactions between excess adiposity and vitamin D activity.

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