Open AccessResponse to Vitamin D<sub>3</sub> Supplementation in Obese and Non-Obese Caucasian Adolescents
Author(s) -
Roxana Aguirre Castañeda,
Nader D. Nader,
Amy L. Weaver,
Ravinder J. Singh,
Seema Kumar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
hormone research in paediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.816
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1663-2826
pISSN - 1663-2818
DOI - 10.1159/000343446
Subject(s) - medicine , vitamin d and neurology , endocrinology , vitamin d deficiency , parathyroid hormone , obesity , calcium
Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in obese children, and obese children tend to respond poorly to vitamin D supplementation. The objective of the study was to compare the response to vitamin D(3) supplementation (2,000 IU once daily for 12 weeks) between obese and non-obese Caucasian adolescents.
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