Obesity and vitamin D deficiency: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

M Pereira‐Santos, PRF Costa, AMO Assis… - Obesity …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade, there have been an increasing number of studies on the association
between vitamin D deficiency and anthropometric state. However, we did not identify any …

Obesity and cancer: the role of vitamin D

T Shanmugalingam, D Crawley, C Bosco, J Melvin… - BMC cancer, 2014 - Springer
Background It is estimated that 20% of all cancer cases are caused by obesity. Vitamin D is
thought to be one of the mechanisms underlying this association. This review aims to …

Vitamin D levels are associated with metabolic syndrome in adolescents and young adults: The BCAMS study

J Fu, L Han, Y Zhao, G Li, Y Zhu, Y Li, M Li, S Gao… - Clinical nutrition, 2019 - Elsevier
Background and aims The relationship between vitamin D deficiency and metabolic
syndrome (MS) remains controversial with relatively sparse data among youth. Therefore …

The relation of vitamin D deficiency with puberty and insulin resistance in obese children and adolescents

M Buyukinan, S Ozen, S Kokkun… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2012 - degruyter.com
The prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents has been rapidly increasing in
recent years. Obese individuals are at risk for vitamin D deficiency. The aim of this study was …

Effect of vitamin D therapy in addition to amitriptyline on migraine attacks in pediatric patients

A Cayir, MI Turan, H Tan - Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of supplementary vitamin D therapy in
addition to amitriptyline on the frequency of migraine attacks in pediatric migraine patients …

Altered glucose metabolism rather than naive type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is related to vitamin D status in severe obesity

M Bellan, G Guzzaloni, M Rinaldi, E Merlotti… - Cardiovascular …, 2014 - Springer
Context The last decades have provided insights into vitamin D physiology linked to glucose
homeostasis. Uncertainties remain in obesity due to its intrinsic effects on vitamin D and …

The association between 25-hydroxy vitamin D deficiency and diabetic complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

A Senyigit - Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Aims To evaluation the relationship between serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D [25-(OH) D]
deficiency and diabetic complications in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Methods One …

Vitamin D deficiency and its predictors in a country with thirteen months of sunshine: the case of school children in central Ethiopia

T Wakayo, T Belachew, H Vatanparast, SJ Whiting - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Studies examining vitamin D status among children living in sunny climates indicated that
children did not receive adequate vitamin D, however, this has not been looked at among …

Vitamin D and allergic disease: sunlight at the end of the tunnel?

AP Jones, MK Tulic, K Rueter, SL Prescott - Nutrients, 2011 - mdpi.com
A role for vitamin D in the regulation of immune function was first proposed after the
identification of Vitamin D Receptors in lymphocytes. It has since been recognized that the …

Vitamin d deficiency and insufficiency in obese children and adolescents and its relationship with insulin resistance

E Torun, E Gönüllü, İT Özgen… - International journal …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives. We aimed to determine the relationship between insulin resistance and serum
25‐hydroxyvitamin D (25‐OHD) levels in obese children and their nonobese peers …