Is There an Association between Vitamin D Concentrations and Overweight in Children and Adolescents?

Stephanie Ramos CoelhoJoão Carlos Pina FariaFernando Luiz Affonso FonsecaFabiola Isabel Suano de SouzaRoseli Oselka Saccardo Sarni

Published in: Journal of tropical pediatrics (2022)

A high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency (68.8%) was observed. There was an independent association between vitamin D deficiency and overweight, not observed for dyslipidemia and insulin resistance. The data point to the need for periodic monitoring of serum concentrations of 25(OH)D and reinforcement of guidelines for combating and preventing overweight in the pediatric age group.

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