Vitamin D status and obesity in children from Chile.

Francisco Pérez-BravoLissette DuarteMiguel Arredondo-OlguínGermán Iñiguez Oscar Castillo-Valenzuela

Published in: European journal of clinical nutrition (2021)

This study revealed a high prevalence of serum 25(OH)D deficiency in children between 4 and 14 years old in Chile (80.4%) during May-September 2018. Obese and overweight children had the highest prevalence of serum 25(OH)D deficiency.

Keyphrases

young adults
weight loss
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
adipose tissue
weight gain
insulin resistance
risk factors
physical activity
skeletal muscle
body mass index
single cell