According to the American Diabetes Association’s May 10, 2011 edition of DiabetesPro SmartBrief, “A study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism found that vitamin D-deficient white children had higher abdominal fat levels while vitamin D-deficient black children had higher subcutaneous fat levels compared with their nondeficient counterparts. Low vitamin D also was linked to higher adiposity measures and lower HDL cholesterol levels in white and black children.”
It has been suspected for awhile now that vitamin D deficiency plays a role in the development of type 2 diabetes. Lead author Silva A. Arslanian, MD, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in a news release. “Our study found that vitamin D was associated with higher fat levels and lower levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), also known as good cholesterol, in both black and white children.”
“In black and white youth examined together, lower levels of 25(OH)D are associated with higher adiposity measures and lower HDL,” the study authors write. “Further, vitamin D deficiency is associated with higher VAT in whites and greater SAT in blacks.”
Source: Obesity Types in Vitamin D-Deficient Children Vary With Race, Laurie Barclay, MD. May 6, 2011.
