US adults keep getting heavier– 40 percent obese, 7.7% severely obese (as of 2016) – JAMA
Trends in Obesity and Severe Obesity Prevalence in US Youth and Adults by Sex and Age, 2007-2008 to 2015-2016
JAMA. 2018;319(16):1723-1725. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.3060
Craig M. Hales, MD1; Cheryl D. Fryar, MSPH1; Margaret D. Carroll, MSPH1; et al David S. Freedman, PhD2; Cynthia L. Ogden, PhD1
* Weight loss and Vitamin D, Calcium, and Magnesium
* Dieters lost 5 more pounds if achieved more than 32 ng of vitamin D – RCT March 2014
* Overweight and obese lost 12 lbs with vitamin D in 6 months– RCT May 2015
* Huge increases in Omega-6 to Omega-3 ratio increase risk of obesity, etc. – March 2016
* Obese women deficient in both Vitamin D and Vitamin B12 – March 2018
* Vitamin D stored in fatty tissue may have half life of 12 months (vs 2 months otherwise) – July 2017
* 12 month storage was great when people added weight in the Fall and lost weight before Spring
Overview Obesity and Vitamin D contains the following summary
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| Obese | BMI >30 | |
| Severely Obese | BMI >40 | ** |
