In recent years, new functional roles of vitamin D beyond its traditional role in calcium
homoeostasis and bone metabolism have emerged linking the fat-soluble vitamin to various …

Epidemiological studies reported that vitamin D deficiency represents an increasingly
widespread phenomenon in various populations. Vitamin D deficiency is considered a …

Background Obesity is associated with vitamin D deficiency, and both are areas of active
public health concern. We explored the causality and direction of the relationship between …

Unlike vitamin D recommendations by the Institute of Medicine, the Clinical Practice
Guidelines by the Endocrine Society acknowledge body weight differentials and recommend …

Recent evidence supports an association between vitamin D deficiency and hypertension,
peripheral vascular disease, diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, coronary artery …

Available data suggest a possible link between abnormal vitamin D level and abnormal
glucose homeostasis, two of the most common chronic medical conditions. Both conditions …

Context: Vitamin D insufficiency/deficiency is commonly observed in black youth. Objective:
The aim was to determine 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25 (OH) D] in response to 2000 IU vitamin D …

Abstract Background Over 78 million American adults have obesity. Bariatric surgery is the
leading means of durable weight loss. Nutritional deficiencies are commonly treated post …

Purpose The serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25 (OH) D) levels are lower in obese than lean
subjects. The present study examines the cross-sectional and longitudinal relations between …

Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent due to lifestyle and environmental factors which limit
sunlight induced vitamin D production in the skin. This “pandemic” of vitamin D deficiency is …