Increasing time with indoor media, prescribe time outdoors - Sept 2013

Reference URL = http://kff.org/other/poll-finding/report-generation-m2-media-in-the-lives/ Kaiser Foundation
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Comment by VitaminDWiki

Prescribing outdoor time is great = Exercise + vitamin D + better air (generally) + better eyesight (distance + brightness)

See also VitaminDWiki

• Less overweight if good outdoor environment (more vitamin D from sunshine) – April 2012
• Obese children gain weight more quickly when have low vitamin D – Oct 2013
• Obesity and diabetes reduced when move to better neighborhood – or better UV – Oct 2011
• Symptoms of vitamin D deficiency vary with the age of the child – Feb 2013
• Teen obesity strongly associated with vitamin D deficiency – April 2012
• Delima: Most youths are vitamin D deficient – what to do – April 2012
• Overview Obesity and Vitamin D contains the following summary
• FACT: People who are obese have less vitamin D in their blood
• FACT: Obese need a higher dose of vitamin D to get to the same level of vit D
• FACT: When obese people lose weight the vitamin D level in their blood increases
• FACT: Adding Calcium, perhaps in the form of fortified milk, often reduces weight
• FACT: 168 trials for vitamin D intervention of obesity as of Dec 2021
• FACT: Less weight gain by senior women with > 30 ng of vitamin D
• FACT: Dieters lost additional 5 lbs if vitamin D supplementation got them above 32 ng - RCT
• FACT: Obese lost 3X more weight by adding $10 of Vitamin D
• FACT: Those with darker skins were more likely to be obese Sept 2014
• OBSERVATION: Low Vitamin D while pregnancy ==> more obese child and adult
• OBSERVATION: Many mammals had evolved to add fat and vitamin D in the autumn
  • and lose both in the Spring - unfortunately humans have forgotten to lose the fat in the Spring
• SPECULATION: Low vitamin D might be one of the causes of obesity – several studies
• SUGGESTION: Probably need more than 4,000 IU to lose weight if very low on vitamin D due to
    risk factors such as overweight, age, dark skin, live far from equator,shut-in, etc.
• Obesity category has 442 items

See also: Weight loss and Vitamin D - many studies   Child Obesity and Vitamin D - many studies   Obesity, Virus, and Vitamin D - many studies
Obese need more Vitamin D

• Normal weight     Obese     (50 ng = 125 nanomole)

Click here for 2014 study

Even more indoor media time if dark skin (a different source)

Same age range: 8 to 18 years old