Obesity is by far the most prevalent metabolic disease worldwide. Hence, the World Health
Organization calls it an epidemic, given its prevalence, incidence, and socio-sanitary …

Vitamin D deficiency is a well‐known comorbidity of obesity that can be exacerbated after
bariatric surgery and can predispose the patient for hypocalcemia. Vitamin D and calcium …

Background Current recommendations suggest universal screening of vitamin D status
before bariatric surgery to identify individuals at risk for postoperative deficiency. However …

Objective Adiposity has been inversely associated with vitamin D concentration across a
range of body mass index values and cultural groups. As obesity has increased markedly …

Bariatric surgery is becoming an increasingly common procedure performed to achieve long-
term weight loss in morbidly obese patients. Bariatric surgery may cause long-term morbidity …

Background Obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m 2,
is a major risk factor for cancer and noncommunicable diseases, and is associated with a …

Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency may further increase fracture risk in patients with
decreased bone mineral density. We audited serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) …

Osteosarcopenic obesity is a unique clinical condition where low bone and muscle mass
coexist in individuals with obesity. Alterations in adipose tissue, skeletal muscle and bone …

Background Obesity is a public health problem that carries global and substantial social and
economic burden. Relative to non-surgical interventions, bariatric surgery has the most …

Background Before bariatric surgery, we demonstrate a 96% rate of vitamin D deficiency in
morbidly obese French patients: should supplement intake be routinely prescribed? We …