Effects of vitamin D supplementation on symptoms of depression in overweight and obese subjects: randomized double blind trial

• Published in: Journal of internal medicine Vol. 264; no. 6; pp. 599 - 609
• Main Authors: Jorde, R., Sneve, M., Figenschau, Y., Svartberg, J., Waterloo, K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2008; Blackwell Science
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Biomarkers - blood; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression; Depression - drug therapy; Depression - etiology; Double-Blind Method; Drug Administration Schedule; Female; General aspects; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mood disorders; obesity; Obesity - drug therapy; Obesity - psychology; Overweight - drug therapy; Overweight - psychology; Parathyroid Hormone - blood; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Statistics, Nonparametric; Vitamin D - administration & dosage; Vitamin D - analogs & derivatives; Vitamin D - blood; Vitamin D Deficiency - complications; Vitamin D Deficiency - drug therapy; Vitamin D Deficiency - psychology; vitamins; Vitamins - administration & dosage; Young Adult; Mood disorder; Human; Obesity; Body weight; Nutrition disorder; Depression; Corporal biometry; Overweight; Medicine; Symptomatology; Randomization; Vitamin D; vitamins; Double blind study; Clinical trial; Supplementation; Nutritional status

. Objectives.  The objective of the present study was to examine the cross‐sectional relation between serum 25‐hydoxyvitamin D [25‐(OH) D] levels and depression in overweight and obese subjects and to assess the effect of vitamin D supplementation on depressive symptoms. Design.  Cross‐sectional stu...