| Title |
Low serum vitamin D-status, air pollution and obesity: A dangerous liaison
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, September 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11154-016-9388-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Luigi Barrea, Silvia Savastano, Carolina Di Somma, Maria Cristina Savanelli, Francesca Nappi, Lidia Albanese, Francesco Orio, Annamaria Colao |
| Abstract |
The aim of this review is to provide a general overview of the possible associations among the vitamin D status, air pollution and obesity. Sunlight exposure accounts in humans for more than 90 % of the production of vitamin D. Among emerging factors influencing sunlight-induced synthesis of vitamin D, prospective and observational studies proved that air pollution constitutes an independent risk factor in the pathogenesis of vitamin D hypovitaminosis. In addition, environmental pollutants can affect risk of obesity when inhaled, in combination with unhealthy diet and lifestyle. In turn, obesity is closely associated with a low vitamin D status and many possible mechanisms have been proposed to explain this association. The associations of air pollution with low vitamin D status on the hand and with obesity on the other hand, could provide a rationale for considering obesity as a further link between air pollution and low vitamin D status. In this respect, a vicious cycle could operate among low vitamin D status, air pollution, and obesity, with additive detrimental effects on cardio-metabolic risk in obese individuals. Besides vitamin D supplementation, nutrient combination, used to maximize the protective effects against air pollution, might also contribute to improve the vitamin D status by attenuating the "obesogen" effects of air pollution. |
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| Turkey | 2 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 1 | 17% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 5 | 83% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
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| Unknown | 94 | 100% |
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| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 10% |
| Researcher | 8 | 9% |
| Other | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 19 | 20% |
| Unknown | 30 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 19% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 14 | 15% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 10% |
| Unknown | 36 | 38% |
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