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Obesity

25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration Correlates With Insulin-Sensitivity and BMI in Obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2010 Feb 11.
Short-term nutritional counseling reduces body mass index, waist circumference, triceps skinfold and triglycerides in women with metabolic syndrome. Diabetol Metab Syndr. 2010 Feb 10;2(1):13.
Urgent action needed to improve vitamin D status among older people in England! Age Ageing. 2010 Jan;39(1):62–8.
Adiposity, cardiometabolic risk, and vitamin D status: the Framingham Heart Study. Diabetes. 2010 Jan;59(1):242–8.
Vitamin D deficiency and type 2 diabetes. Postgrad Med J. 2010 Jan;86(1011):18–25; quiz 24.
Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration, Life Factors and Obesity in Mexican Children. Obesity (Silver Spring).
Association between VDR and ESR1 gene polymorphisms with bone and obesity phenotypes in Chinese male nuclear families. Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2009 Dec;30(12):1634–42.
Medical follow up after bariatric surgery: nutritional and drug issues General recommendations for the prevention and treatment of nutritional deficiencies. Diabetes Metab. 2009 Dec;35(6 Pt 2):544–57.
Is there a relationship between body mass index and serum vitamin D levels? Saudi Med J. 2009 Dec;30(12):1542–6.
Prevalence of nutrient deficiencies in bariatric patients. Nutrition. 2009 Nov–Dec;25(11–12):1150–6.
Adequacy of vitamin D replacement in severe deficiency is dependent on body mass index. Am J Med. 2009 Nov;122(11):1056–60.
Weighty concerns: the growing prevalence of obesity among older adults. J Am Diet Assoc. 2009 Nov;109(11):1886–95. Review.
Nutrition status in Argentinean children 6 to 72 months old: results from the National Nutrition and Health Survey (ENNyS). Arch Argent Pediatr. 2009 Oct;107(5):397–404.
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in obese and non-obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2009 Oct;280(4):559–63.
The association of adiposity with parathyroid hormone in healthy older adults. Endocrine. 2009 Oct;36(2):218–23.
Association among cardiorespiratory fitness, body fat, and bone marker measurements in healthy young females. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2009 Oct;109(10):534–9.
Impact of micronutrient deficiencies on obesity. Nutr Rev. 2009 Oct;67(10):559–72. Review.
Nutritional deficiencies in obesity and after bariatric surgery. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2009 Oct;56(5):1105–21. Review.
Relation of body fat indexes to vitamin D status and deficiency among obese adolescents. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Sep;90(3):459–67.
The dependency of vitamin D status on body mass index, gender, age and season. Anticancer Res. 2009 Sep;29(9):3713–20.
Threshold for effects of vitamin D deficiency on glucose metabolism in obese female African-American adolescents. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Sep;94(9):3200–6.
Association of plasma vitamin D levels with adiposity in Hispanic and African Americans. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Sep;94(9):3306–13.
Associations among the food environment, diet quality and weight status in Cree children in Québec. Public Health Nutr. 2009 Sep;12(9):1504–11.
1,25(OH)2 vitamin d inhibits foam cell formation and suppresses macrophage cholesterol uptake in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Circulation. 2009 Aug 25;120(8):687–98.
Peripartum cardiomyopathy in an obese pregnant woman. Ugeskr Laeger. 2009 Aug 24;171(35):2487–9.
Vitamin D Status and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in the United States Adolescent Population. Pediatrics. 2009 Aug 3.
Vitamin D insufficiency prior to bariatric surgery: risk factors and a pilot treatment study. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2009 Aug;71(2):176–83.
Hypovitaminosis D is associated with greater body mass index and disease activity in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus. J Pediatr. 2009 Aug;155(2):260–5.
Relationship of vitamin D and parathyroid hormone to obesity and body composition in African Americans. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2009 Jul 28.
Vitamin status after bariatric surgery: a randomized study of gastric bypass and duodenal switch. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Jul;90(1):15–22.
Vitamin D status and common risk factors for bone fragility as determinants of quantitative ultrasound variables in a nationally representative population sample. Bone. 2009 Jul;45(1):119–24.
Comment on "Vitamin D deficiency is the cause of common obesity". Med Hypotheses. 2009 Jul;73(1):123.
1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D(3) induces Ca(2+)-mediated apoptosis in adipocytes via activation of calpain and caspase-12. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 Jun 19;384(1):18–21.
Osteomalacia with Bone Marrow Fibrosis Due to Severe Vitamin D Depletion Following Gastrointestinal Bypass Surgery for Severe Obesity. Endocr Pract. 2009 Jun 2:1–16.
Vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency in children with early chronic kidney disease. J Pediatr. 2009 Jun;154(6):906–11.e1.
Poor vitamin D status may contribute to high risk for insulin resistance, obesity, and cardiovascular disease in Asian Indians. Med Hypotheses. 2009 Jun;72(6):647–51.
Can moderate elevations of parathyroid hormone acutely increase risk for ischemic cardiac arrhythmias? Med Hypotheses. 2009 May;72(5):581–3.
Obesity induced magnesium deficiency can be treated by vitamin D supplementation. J Pak Med Assoc. 2009 Apr;59(4):258–61.
Vitamin D deficiency in older men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Apr;94(4):1214–22.
Utilization of Preoperative Patient Factors to Predict Postoperative Vitamin D Deficiency for Patients Undergoing Gastric Bypass. J Gastrointest Surg. 2009 Mar 13.
Association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and body composition in postmenopausal women: the Postmenopausal Health Study. Menopause. 2009 Mar 6.
Vitamin D deficiency is the cause of common obesity. Med Hypotheses. 2009 Mar;72(3):314–21.
Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and fat mass loss in female very low-calcium consumers: potential link with a calcium-specific appetite control. Br J Nutr. 2009 Mar;101(5):659–63.
Age-related bone loss in the LOU/c rat model of healthy ageing. Exp Gerontol. 2009 Mar;44(3):183–9.
Seasonal variance of 25-(OH) vitamin D in the general population of Estonia, a Northern European country. BMC Public Health 2009 Jan 19, 9:22.
Vitamin D Status and its Relationship to Body Fat, Final Height, and Peak Bone Mass in Young Women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Jan;94(1):67–73.
A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the short-term effect of vitamin D3 supplementation on insulin sensitivity in apparently healthy, middle-aged, centrally obese men. Diabet Med. 2009 Jan;26(1):19–27.
Vitamin D: skeletal and extra skeletal effects; recommendations for good practice. Presse Med. 2009 Jan;38(1):43–54.
Effects of vitamin D supplementation on symptoms of depression in overweight and obese subjects: randomized double blind trial. J Intern Med. 2008 Dec;264(6):599–609.
Effect of Roux-en Y Gastric Bypass on Bone Metabolism in Patients with Morbid Obesity: Mansoura Experiences. Obes Surg. 2008 Dec;18(12):1526–31.
Vitamin D intake during pregnancy: Association with maternal characteristics and infant birth weight. Early Hum Dev. 2008 Nov 11.
Phytochemicals and regulation of the adipocyte life cycle. J Nutr Biochem. 2008 Nov;19(11):717–26. Review.
Urban tropospheric ozone increases the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among Belgian postmenopausal women with outdoor activities during summer. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Oct;93(10):3893–9.
22 Marabou Symposium: the changing faces of vitamin D. Nutr Rev. 2008 Oct;66(10 Suppl 2):S213–7.
Vitamin D: a rapid review. Urol Nurs. 2008 Oct;28(5):343–9, 384; quiz 350.
The Decline in Hip Bone Density Following Gastric Bypass Surgery is Associated with Extent of Weight Loss. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Oct;93(10):3735–40.
Markers of bone and calcium metabolism following gastric bypass and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. Obes Surg. 2008 Sep;18(9):1144–8.
Relationship between vitamin D receptor BsmI and FokI polymorphisms and anthropometric and biochemical parameters describing metabolic syndrome. Aging Male. 2008 Sep;11(3):134–9.
Association of vitamin D receptor gene variants, adiposity and colon cancer. Carcinogenesis. 2008 Sep;29(9):1788–93.
The vitamin D receptor gene BsmI polymorphism is not associated with anthropometric and biochemical parameters describing metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women. Gynecol Endocrinol. 2008 Sep;24(9):514–8.
Osteoporotic Caucasian and South Asian women: a qualitative study of general practitioners' support. J R Soc Health. 2008 Sep;128(5):263–70.
25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and the risk of mortality in the general population. Arch Intern Med. 2008 Aug 11;168(15):1629–37.
Assessing the vitamin D status of the US population. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Aug;88(2):558S–564S. Review.
African Americans, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, and osteoporosis: a paradox. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Aug;88(2):545S–550S. Review.
Vitamin D across the lifecycle: physiology and biomarkers. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Aug;88(2):500S–506S. Review.
Dietary manipulation in musculoskeletal conditions. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2008 Jun;22(3):535–61. Review.
Insulin resistance, renal injury, renal 1-alpha hydroxylase, and bone homeostasis in aged obese rats. Arch Med Res. 2008 May;39(4):380–7.
Pakistani immigrant children and adults in Denmark have severely low vitamin D status. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2008 May;62(5):625–34.
Vitamin D status in postmenopausal women living at higher latitudes in the UK in relation to bone health, overweight, sunlight exposure and dietary vitamin D. Bone. 2008 May;42(5):996–1003.
Vitamin D insufficiency in southern Arizona. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Mar;87(3):608–13.
Hypovitaminosis D in obese children and adolescents: relationship with adiposity, insulin sensitivity, ethnicity, and season. Metabolism. 2008 Feb;57(2):183–91.
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with the metabolic syndrome in morbid obesity.Clin Nutr. 2007 Oct;26(5):573–80.
Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in obese women: their clinical significance and relationship with anthropometric and body composition variables.J Endocrinol Invest. 2007 Sep;30(8):653–8.
Prevalence of 25(OH) vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency in chronic kidney disease stage 5 patients on hemodialysis. Hemodial Int. 2007 Jul;11(3):315–21.
Prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency in obese children and adolescents.J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Jul;20(7):817–23.
Calcium Plus Vitamin D Supplementation and the Risk of Postmenopausal Weight Gain.Archives of Internal Medicine. Vol. 167 No. 9, May 14, 2007.
Plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and risk of incident ovarian cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Apr;16(4):783–8.
Supplementation with calcium + vitamin D enhances the beneficial effect of weight loss on plasma lipid and lipoprotein concentrations.American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Vol. 85, No. 1, 54–59, January 2007.
Long-Term Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Body Weight, Co-Morbidities, and Nutritional Status: A Review.J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Nov;91(11):4223–31. Review.
Vitamin D status in a rural postmenopausal female population. J Am Coll Nutr. 2006 Oct;25(5):395–402.
The prevalence of hypovitaminosis D and secondary hyperparathyroidism in obese Black Americans.Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2006 May;64(5):523–9.
The long-term effects of gastric bypass on vitamin D metabolism. Ann Surg. 2006 May;243(5):701–4; discussion 704–5.
Vitamin D status of 51–75-year-old Irish women: its determinants and impact on biochemical indices of bone turnover. Public Health Nutr. 2006 Apr;9(2):225–33.
Nutritional and metabolic complications of bariatric surgery. Am J Med Sci. 2006 Apr;331(4):219–25. Review.
Effects of bariatric surgery on vitamin D status and secondary hyperparathyroidism: a prospective study. Obes Surg. 2005 Nov–Dec;15(10):1389–95.
Calcium and vitamin D status in the adolescent: key roles for bone, body weight, glucose tolerance, and estrogen biosynthesis. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2005 Oct;18(5):305–11. Review.
Vitamin D endocrine system and the genetic susceptibility to diabetes, obesity and vascular disease. A review of evidence. Diabetes Metab. 2005 Sep;31(4 Pt 1):318–25. Review.
Insulin–like growth factor pathway polymorphisms associated with body size in Hispanic and non–Hispanic white women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005 Jul;14(7):1802–9.
Body fat and vitamin D status in black versus white women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2005 Feb;90(2):635–40.
Calcium metabolism in pre– and postmenopausal morbidly obese women at baseline and after laparoscopic Roux–en–Y gastric bypass. Obes Surg. 2004 Sep;14(8):1062–6.
Dairy calcium and vitamin D stimulate postprandial thermogenesis: effect of sequential meals. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2004;13(Suppl):S56.
Acute suppression of spontaneous food intake following dairy calcium and vitamin D. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2004;13(Suppl):S82.
Body fat content and 25–hydroxyvitamin D levels in healthy women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2003 Jan;88(1):157–61.
Intakes of calcium and vitamin d predict body mass index in the population of Northern Norway. J Nutr. 2003 Jan;133(1):102–6.
Decreased bioavailability of vitamin D in obesity. Am J Clin Nutr. 2000 Sep;72(3):690–3.
Relationships between blood pressure, anthropometric characteristics and blood lipids in high and low–altitude populations from Central Asia. Ann Hum Biol. 2000 Jan–Feb;27(1):19–28.
Vitamin D Deficiency in the Morbidly Obese. Obes Surg. 1993 Nov;3(4):421–424.
Low circulating vitamin D in obesity. Calcif Tissue Int. 1988 Oct;43(4):199–201.
Evidence for alteration of the vitamin D–endocrine system in obese subjects. J Clin Invest. 1985 Jul;76(1):370–3.
Vitamin D status and bone histomorphometry in gross obesity. Am J Clin Nutr. 1981 Nov;34(11):2359–63.

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