High-Dose Vitamin D Supplements Benefit Obese Adolescents
Vitamin D deficiency is common in Americans, and especially in overweight and obese adolescents, according to the National Institutes of Health. University of Missouri researchers have found that providing obese adolescents with a high daily dose of vitamin D3 is safe and effective in improving their vitamin D status…
November 3, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: health-university, missouri, national, national-institutes, nutritional counseling, obese-adolescents, vitamin
Need For Increased Surveillance Of Obese Adolescents Lacking Vitamin D
A new study from Hasbro Children’s Hospital has found that most obese adolescents are lacking in vitamin D. The researchers call for increased surveillance of vitamin D levels in this population and for further studies to determine if normalizing vitamin D levels will help to lower the health risks associated with obesity…
April 28, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: determine-if-normalizing, diet, further-studies, hasbro-children, health, health-risks, hospital, increased-surveillance, lower-the-health, new-study, nutritional counseling, obese-adolescents, population, studies
