Open AccessVitamin D status of overweight and obese Bangladeshi adults
Author(s) -
Ajit Paul,
A B Kamrul-Hasan,
P K Chanda,
Dulal Chandra Nandi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_502_20
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , obesity , body mass index , vitamin d deficiency , vitamin d and neurology , population , vitamin , cross sectional study , endocrinology , environmental health , pathology
Both obesity and vitamin D deficiency are pandemics and both have influences on cardiovascular parameters. The reported prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in obesity is high. Data relating to vitamin D status in obese is currently lacking in Bangladesh.