Vitamin D Insufficiency Among Obese Adults In The Eastern Region Of Libya
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2015-10-24
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Libyan International Medical University Faculty of Pharmacy
Abstract
Overweight and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair
health. Globally, overweight and obesity are the fifth leading contributors to fatalities. According
to the World Health Organization (WHO), body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 is overweight, and BMI
≥ 30 is obesity. Vitamin D (calciferol), which comprises a group of fat soluble seco-sterols that
are found in very few foods naturally, is photosynthesized from cholesterol in the skin of
vertebrates by the action of solar ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation. The two major physiologically
relevant ones are vitamin D2 and vitamin D3. There is a growing evidence that obesity and
vitamin D deficiency are related, although the cause-effect relationship remains unclear.
Objective of this work was to find out whether obesity alters vitamin D level in obese adults in
the Eastern region of Libya.
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Globally, overweight and obesity are the fifth leading contributors to fatalities. Overweight
and obesity are defined as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that may impair health.
Generally, Overweight is having more body fat than is optimally healthy. Being overweight is
common especially where food supplies are plentiful and lifestyles are sedentary, while obesity
is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a
negative effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems.
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Faculty of Pharmacy, Vitamin D Insufficiency Among Obese Adults In The Eastern Region Of Libya, Pharmacy degree
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