Not enough vitamin D in the diet could mean too much fat on adolescents
Thursday, March 19, 2009 - 13:21
in Health & Medicine
Too little vitamin D could be bad for more than your bones; it may also lead to fatter adolescents, researchers say. A Medical College of Georgia study of more than 650 teens age 14-19 has found that those who reported higher vitamin D intakes had lower overall body fat and lower amounts of the fat in the abdomen, a type of fat known as visceral fat, which has been associated with health risks such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and hypertension...