Vitamin D status and cardiometabolic risk factors in Greek adolescents with obesity – the effect of vitamin D supplementation: a pilot study

Obesity is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors as well as decreased 25(OH) vitamin D serum levels. We aimed to study 25(OH) vitamin D levels in adolescents with obesity compared with normal weight controls in association with CVD risk factors, and the possible effect of vitamin D supplementation.In a cross-sectional study, 69 obese and 34 normal-weight adolescents were included. In an interventional study 15 adolescents...