  Low Vitamin D: A Possible Factor in Kids’ Obesity  Low Vitamin
D: A Possible Factor in Kids’ Obesity: Main Image Try giving
kids a daily teaspoonful of cod liver oil, a rich source of
vitamin D, especially in the winter Bone deformities and rickets
are the truest signs of vitamin D deficiency in kids, but new
evidence suggests that body fat might also have something to
tell us about their vitamin D status. A new study, published in
the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found that
insufficient and deficient vitamin D levels were associated with
increasing weight, body fat, and belly fat in schoolchildren.
Growth in girth of kids with low vitamin D  Almost 3,000
children between 5 and 12 years old attending public schools in
Bogota, Colombia, participated in the study. Blood samples were
taken at the beginning of the study to assess vitamin D status,
and the children were weighed and measured for height, skinfold
thickness, and waist circumference several times over the course
of an average of 30 month