Lack of vitamin D can make you more likely to be obese

For women with vitamin D deficiency, their body mass index was on average 3.4 higher than for women with normal vitamin D levels. Body mass index is a measure of obesity by calculating the ratio between height and weight. Let's take a look at what the survey said.

Researchers at the Los Angeles Children's Hospital reported in the February issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism that they surveyed 90 women living in southern California. It was found that after adjusting for other factors, among women of the same age group, people with vitamin D deficiencies tended to weigh more than those with normal vitamin D levels, with the former weighing 7.4 kilograms more on average than the latter. The study also found that women with vitamin D deficiencies had an average of 3.4 higher body mass index than women with normal vitamin D levels. Body mass index is a measure of obesity by calculating the ratio between height and weight.

Vicente Hilsans, a gynecologist who participated in the study, said the new research results further confirm the relationship between obesity and vitamin D deficiency. Previous studies have also found that vitamin D is necessary for the body to produce leptin. Leptin is a hormone that controls food intake in the human body. Because of its existence, people feel full and stop eating. When a lack of vitamin D leads to a decrease in the body's leptin content, people's appetite will become bigger and bigger, making it easy to cause obesity. (Internship Editor: Yan Yugeng)