Relation of body fat indexes to vitamin D status and deficiency among obese adolescents

• Published in: The American journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 90; no. 3; pp. 459 - 467
• Main Authors: Lenders, Carine M, Feldman, Henry A, Von Scheven, Emily, Merewood, Anne, Sweeney, Carol, Wilson, Darrell M, Lee, Phillip DK, Abrams, Stephanie H, Gitelman, Stephen E, Wertz, Marcia S, Klish, William J, Taylor, George A, Chen, Tai C, Holick, Michael F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bethesda, MD American Society for Clinical Nutrition 01.09.2009; American Society for Nutrition; American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc
• Subjects: Absorptiometry, Photon; Adipose Tissue; administration & dosage; Adolescent; adolescent nutrition; adolescents; analogs & derivatives; Analysis of Variance; Biological and medical sciences; blood; Body fat; Body Mass Index; Bone Density; boys; complications; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; girls; Humans; Intra-Abdominal Fat; Linear Models; Male; nutrition assessment; nutritional status; Obesity; Obesity - blood; Obesity - complications; Obesity - physiopathology; Obesity and eating disorders; Original Research Communications; parathyroid hormone; Parathyroid Hormone - blood; physiopathology; risk assessment; Teenagers; Tomography; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; visceral fat; Vitamin D; Vitamin D - administration & dosage; Vitamin D - analogs & derivatives; Vitamin D - blood; Vitamin D Deficiency; Vitamin D Deficiency - blood; Vitamin D Deficiency - complications; vitamin deficiencies; Vitamin deficiency; Human; Obesity; Adipose tissue; Nutrition disorder; Adolescent; Index; Nutritional status

BACKGROUND: Data on the relation between vitamin D status and body fat indexes in adolescence are lacking. OBJECTIVE: The objective was to identify factors associated with vitamin D status and deficiency in obese adolescents to further evaluate the relation of body fat indexes to vitamin D status an...