Impact of vitamin D treatment on 25 hydroxy vitamin D levels and insulin homeostasis in obese African American adolescents in a randomized trial

Background: Obesity is affecting children in epidemic proportions in the United States with nearly 25% of children being obese. Consequences of obesity including dyslipidemia, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease are leading to morbidity at younger ages. Parallel to the obesity and diabetes ep...

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Main Authors: Usha Sethuraman, Marwan A. Zidan, Lynae Hanks, Minoo Bagheri, Ambika Ashraf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214623717301205