Body fat content and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in healthy women.

By S. Arunabh, S. Pollack, J. Yeh, J. Aloia. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2003

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The relationship between obesity and serum 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D concentrations in healthy adults. (2004, background): “Previous studies have found negative associations between serum 25-OH-vit D and BMI (3–5, 14) and body fat mass (6).”
Evaluation, treatment, and prevention of vitamin D deficiency: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline. (2011, background): “5 Evidence Obeseadultsneedat least twoto three timesmorevitamin D (at least 6000–10,000 IU/d) to treat and prevent vitamin D deficiency (42, 135).”
Maternal intake of vitamin D during pregnancy and risk of recurrent wheeze in children at 3 y of age. (2007, background): “In addition to the regional similarities noted above, vitamin D insufficiency is more common among African Americans (17) and among the obese (18).”
Adiposity in relation to vitamin D status and parathyroid hormone levels: a population-based study in older men and women. (2005, background): “However, the associations of these hormones with total body fat percentage by DXA were even stronger, which was also found in younger women (mean age, 47 yr) (10).”
The nonskeletal effects of vitamin D: an Endocrine Society scientific statement. (2012, neutral): “number of mechanisms are plausible (90, 91).”