Vitamin D in pediatric age: consensus of the Italian Pediatric Society and the Italian Society of Preventive and Social Pediatrics, jointly with the Italian Federation of …

G Saggese, F Vierucci, F Prodam, F Cardinale… - Italian journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Vitamin D plays a pivotal role in the regulation of calcium-phosphorus metabolism,
particularly during pediatric age when nutritional rickets and impaired bone mass acquisition …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D deficiency in childhood: old lessons and current challenges

R Antonucci, C Locci, MG Clemente… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2018 - degruyter.com
Hypovitaminosis D in childhood is a re-emerging public health problem in developed
countries. New life style habits, current “epidemics” of obesity in children and adolescents …

The dependency of vitamin D status on body mass index, gender, age and season

Z Lagunova, AC Porojnicu, F Lindberg… - Anticancer …, 2009 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Background: Obesity is a rapidly growing health problem in most developed countries.
Excess body weight is a risk factor for many somatic and even psychological disorders …

Body size and risk of MS in two cohorts of US women

KL Munger, T Chitnis, A Ascherio - Neurology, 2009 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To examine whether obesity during childhood, adolescence, or adulthood is
associated with an increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS). Methods: Women in the Nurses' …

Vitamin D in childhood and adolescence: an expert position statement

G Saggese, F Vierucci, AM Boot… - European journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Vitamin D is a key hormone in the regulation of calcium and phosphorus metabolism and
plays a pivotal role in bone health, particularly during pediatric age when nutritional rickets …

Impact of micronutrient deficiencies on obesity

OP García, KZ Long, JL Rosado - Nutrition reviews, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Micronutrient deficiencies have been found in obese individuals across age groups
worldwide. While the effects of micronutrient deficiencies on human functions have been …

Vitamin D status and cardiometabolic risk factors in the United States adolescent population

JP Reis, D von Mühlen, ER Miller III, ED Michos… - …, 2009 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: Evidence on the association of vitamin D with cardiovascular risk factors in
youth is very limited. We examined whether low serum vitamin D levels (25-hydroxyvitamin …

Expression of vitamin D-metabolizing enzymes in human adipose tissue—the effect of obesity and diet-induced weight loss

L Wamberg, T Christiansen, SK Paulsen… - International journal of …, 2013 - nature.com
Objective: Low vitamin D (VD) levels are common in obesity. We hypothesized that this may
be due to metabolism of VD in adipose tissue (AT). Thus, we studied (1) whether the VD …

[HTML][HTML] Relation of body fat indexes to vitamin D status and deficiency among obese adolescents

CM Lenders, HA Feldman, E Von Scheven… - The American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Background Data on the relation between vitamin D status and body fat indexes in
adolescence are lacking. Objective The objective was to identify factors associated with …

Low 25(OH)D3 levels are associated with total adiposity, metabolic syndrome, and hypertension in Caucasian children and adolescents

L Pacifico, C Anania, JF Osborn… - European Journal of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Objectives Evidence of the association between vitamin D and cardiovascular risk factors in
the young is limited. We therefore assessed the relationships between circulating 25 …