Longitudinal analysis of vitamin d levels considering sunshine duration and suggestion for a standardised approach for vitamin d supplementation in children and adolescents with obesity

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• What: The authors propose a simple method to include sunshine duration in the analysis of 25-OH-D3 levels to minimise the bias of seasonal variation. This supports the hypothesis that body composition and vitamin D storage in fat tissue are the main reasons for low 25-OH-D3 levels in patients with obesity . For the outpatient program of the paediatric obesity clinic at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the authors aimed to establish a pragmatic approach focusing narrowly on the effect of vitamin D on bone mineralisation. The aim of this study is to evaluate follow-up . . .
  

   

  

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