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Obesity
Lack of Sun Does Not Explain Low Vitamin D in Elderly Who Are Overweight
June 18th, 2007
It’s not yet clear why overweight elderly adults have low levels of vitamin D in their blood. However, researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA) have found that lack of sun exposure may not account for low levels of vitamin D in elders who are overweight. “People aged 65 and over with high percent body fat have lower levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, the storage form of vitamin D, compared to those who have lower percent body fat,” says corresponding author Susan Harris, DSc, epidemiologist in the Bone Metabolism Laboratory at the USDA HNRCA. Harris and co-author Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD,...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2007-06-18)
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