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Vitamin D Deficiency: Consequence or Cause of Obesity?

Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)
January 1, 1970
Luka Vranić et al. (3 authors)
Journal ArticleReviewHuman Study
Study Details

Study Goal

The researchers aimed to explore the relationship between vitamin D deficiency and obesity, and whether a healthy diet and exercise could address both conditions.

Results Summary

The study found that vitamin D deficiency is common in obese individuals, likely due to volumetric dilution, but its role in obesity development remains unclear. A healthy diet and exercise are recommended as the primary treatment to improve both obesity-related metabolic issues and vitamin D deficiency.

Population

Obese individuals with vitamin D deficiency.

Effective Dosage

Not specified

Duration

Not specified

Interactions

None mentioned

Extracted Claims (3)
InterventionDirectionEndpointPopulationDosageImpactClaim #
VD supplementation
no change
dysmetabolic state
obese people
no significant change
has not yet been clearly shown to benefit
#1
targeting lifestyle through healthy diet and exercise
decrease
obesity-related dysmetabolic state and vitamin D deficiency
obese people
-
should be the first treatment option that will affect
#2
VD supplementation
decrease
residual VD deficiency
individuals after weight loss
-
remains a treatment option
#3
Abstract

Obesity is defined as an excess amount of body fat and represents a significant health problem worldwide. High prevalence of vitamin D (VD) deficiency in obese subjects is a well-documented finding, most probably due to volumetric dilution into the greater volumes of fat, serum, liver, and muscle, even though other mechanisms could not completely be excluded, as they may contribute concurrently. Low VD could not yet be excluded as a cause of obesity, due to its still incompletely explored effects through VD receptors found in adipose tissue (AT). VD deficiency in obese people does not seem to have consequences for bone tissue, but may affect other organs, even though studies have shown inconsistent results and VD supplementation has not yet been clearly shown to benefit the dysmetabolic state. Hence, more studies are needed to determine the actual role of VD deficiency in development of those disorders. Thus, targeting lifestyle through healthy diet and exercise should be the first treatment option that will affect both obesity-related dysmetabolic state and vitamin D deficiency, killing two birds with one stone. However, VD supplementation remains a treatment option in individuals with residual VD deficiency after weight loss.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Dietary SupplementsHumansObesityVitamin DVitamin D DeficiencyVitamins
Study Links
Quality Scores
SafetyNot Assessed
Efficacy75/10
Quality65/10
Citation Metrics
Total Citations190
Citations/Year31.7
Relative Citation Ratio12.11
NIH Percentile98.5%
Research Impact Scores
APT Score0.95
Weight Score1.80
Normalized Score0.63
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