Vitamin D and obesity: current perspectives and future directions

Type Article

Journal Article

Authors

L. K. Pourshahidi

Year of publication

2015

Publication/Journal

Proc Nutr Soc

Volume

74

Issue

2

Pages

115-24

Abstract

In recent years, new functional roles of vitamin D beyond its traditional role in calcium homoeostasis and bone metabolism have emerged linking the fat-soluble vitamin to various non-communicable diseases. Vitamin D deficiency (25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D)