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(Medical-NewsWire.com, April 06, 2013 ) San Francisco, CA -- Childhood and adolescent obesity rates are now increasing more than ever within the United States since the 1980s. Being obese puts individuals at greater risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, and does so by making it nearly impossible to control blood-sugar levels, which can help stave off the disease.
“By increasing vitamin D intake alone, we got a response that was nearly as powerful as what we have seen using a prescription drug," said Catherine Peterson, an associate professor of nutrition and exercise physiology at MU. "We saw a decrease in insulin levels, which means better glucose control, despite no changes in body weight, dietary intake or physical activity."
Peterson and her co-researchers have studied 35 pre-diabetic obese children and adolescents who are currently undergoing treatment at the MU Adolescent Diabetic Obesity Program. All of those within the study showed insufficient or generally deficient vitamin D levels. All also showed to have similar diets and activity levels to make the study easier to track and trust. Study participants were assigned high-dose vitamin D supplements or placebos at random. Those who took the supplement became vitamin D sufficient and had their blood-sugar and insulin levels brought to appropriate levels.
"The vitamin D dosage we gave to the obese adolescents in our study is not something I would recommend for everyone," Peterson said. "For clinicians, the main message from this research is to check the vitamin D status of their obese patients, because they're likely to have insufficient amounts. Adding vitamin D supplements to their diets may be an effective addition to treating obesity and its associated insulin resistance."
Vitamin D insufficiency is common, but researchers are now noting that it may be pivotal in the obesity problem, according to Peterson.
"What makes vitamin D insufficiency different in obese individuals is that they process vitamin D about half as efficiently as normal-weight people," Peterson said. "The vitamin gets stored in their fat tissues, which keeps it from being processed. This means obese individuals need to take in about twice as much vitamin D as their lean peers to maintain sufficient levels of vitamin D."
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