Obesity and vitamin D deficiency: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

• Published in: Obesity reviews Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 341 - 349
• Main Authors: Pereira‐Santos, M, Costa, P. R. F, Assis, A. M. O, Santos, C. A. S. T, Santos, D. B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Pub 01.04.2015; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: 25-hydroxy vitamin D; Age Distribution; Eutrophication; human development; Humans; latitude; meta-analysis; Obesity; Obesity - blood; Obesity - epidemiology; Obesity - etiology; Observational studies; Prevalence; systematic review; Vitamin D; Vitamin D - analogs & derivatives; vitamin D deficiency; Vitamin D Deficiency - blood; Vitamin D Deficiency - complications; Vitamin D Deficiency - epidemiology; meta-analysis; 25-hydroxy vitamin D; obesity; vitamin D deficiency

Over the past decade, there have been an increasing number of studies on the association between vitamin D deficiency and anthropometric state. However, we did not identify any meta‐analyses of the relationship between obesity and vitamin D deficiency in different age groups. Thus, we evaluated the...