Vitamin D may lower diabetes risk in obese children and adolescents

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - 20:00 in Health & Medicine

Being obese puts individuals at greater risk for developing type 2 diabetes, a disease in which individuals have too much sugar in their blood. Now researchers found vitamin D supplements can help obese children and teens control their blood-sugar levels, which may help them stave off the disease.

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