Journal
INTERNAL MEDICINE JOURNAL
Volume 39, Issue 4, Pages 256-258Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01900.x
Keywords
body mass index; body fat; vitamin D; population; Estonia
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- Estonian Science Foundation [6452]
- MSD
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Vitamin D is crucial for calcium and bone metabolism. Overweight people have been found to have lower levels of this vitamin. The aim of the paper was to test if sun exposure habits might differ according to weight and body fat per cent in a random population-based sample, and have an impact on vitamin D levels. The analysis of 367 persons showed that, among other established factors, differences in sunbathing also explain the lower vitamin D levels in overweight and elderly individuals.
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