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Vitamin D Deficiency and Its Association with Obesity Among Urban School-Aged Children in Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

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GZGhassan ZahidNJNaqeebUllah JogezaiSSSM Tanjil Shah

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Overview

Cross-sectional analysis reveals vitamin D deficiency increases obesity risk in urban school-aged children, implying a modifiable public health issue.

Key Points

  • Vitamin D deficiency is significantly linked to obesity in urban school-aged children.
  • Among the studied children, 60.22% had vitamin D deficiency and 31.18% were classified as obese.
  • Logistic regression identified vitamin D insufficiency as an independent predictor of obesity with AOR of 2.91.
  • The findings may inform pediatric obesity prevention strategies highlighting the importance of vitamin D.

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Zahid et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23fc3b210217d647981fbhttps://doi.org/10.62497/irabcs.147
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