http://www.myventurachiropractor.com Get Your Life Back! Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:28:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.myventurachiropractor.com/ventura-chiropractor/low-vitamin-d-levels-associated-with-weight-gain-in-young-women http://www.myventurachiropractor.com/ventura-chiropractor/low-vitamin-d-levels-associated-with-weight-gain-in-young-women#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:52:47 +0000 admin http://myventurachiropractor.com/venturachiropractorblog/?p=18 Ventura chiropractor, Dr. Jamie Phillips, reviews an article published online on November 4, 2008 in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, researchers at the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal and the University of Southern California report that postpubertal girls who are low on vitamin D experience weight gain and stunted growth. “We found young women with vitamin D insufficiency were significantly heavier, with a higher body mass index and increased abdominal fat, than young women with normal levels.” “Although vitamin D is now frequently measured in older adults, due to a higher level of awareness in this population, it is rarely measured in young people – especially healthy adolescents,” Dr. Kremer noted.

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