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Vitamin D in Overweight/Obese Women and Its Relationship With Dietetic and Anthropometric Variables
Overweight/obese persons usually have an inadequate vitamin D status, a situation commonly made worse by an inadequate intake of this vitamin. For this reason, the aim of this study was to analyze dietetic and anthropometric differences in a group of young, overweight/obese Spanish women with respec...
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Published in: | Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) Md.), 2009-04, Vol.17 (4), p.778-782 |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | Overweight/obese persons usually have an inadequate vitamin D status, a situation commonly made worse by an inadequate intake of this vitamin. For this reason, the aim of this study was to analyze dietetic and anthropometric differences in a group of young, overweight/obese Spanish women with respect to their vitamin D status. The study subjects were 66 white Spanish women (aged 20–35 years) with a BMI of 24–35 kg/m2. Dietetic, anthropometric, and biochemical data were collected. Women were divided into two groups depending on their serum vitamin D concentrations: LD (women with |
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ISSN: | 1930-7381 1930-739X |
DOI: | 10.1038/oby.2008.649 |