Researchers at Johns Hopkins and the National Institutes of Health studied 3,500 American teenagers and compared those with the lowest vitamin D levels to those with the highest. The teens with low vitamin D were:
- 5 times more likely to be obese
- 2.5 times more likely to be hypertensive
- 2.5 times more likely to have elevated blood sugar
Sources:
Vitamin D Council: September 2009 Newsletter: Vitamin D Studies Of Interest
PubMed: Vitamin D Status And Cardiometabolic Risk Factors In The United States Adolescent Population
