Long-term effects of vitamin D supplementation in vitamin D deficient obese children participating in an integrated weight-loss programme (a double-blind placebo-controlled study) - rationale for the study design

• Main Authors: Agnieszka Szlagatys-Sidorkiewicz (Author), Michał Brzeziński (Author), Agnieszka Jankowska (Author), Paulina Metelska (Author), Magdalena Słomińska-Frączek (Author), Piotr Socha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Obesity is associated not only with an array of metabolic disorders (e.g. insulin resistance, hiperinsulinemia, impaired tolerance of glucose, lipid disorders) but also skeletal and joint abnormalities. Recently, a pleiotropic role of vitamin D has been emphasized. Obese children...