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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
Main Authors: Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Elena, Navia, Beatriz, Lopez-Sobaler, Ana M, Ortega, Rosa M
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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
ISSN:1930-7381
1930-739X
DOI:10.1038/oby.2008.649