Vitamin D and Heart Disease
Researchers have found significant links between low levels of vitamin D and poor health among teens in a study on child heart disease. Even after adjusting for body mass, physical activity levels, age, sex, race or ethnicity and socioeconomic level, the association is very strong. It was found that teens with the lowest level of vitamin D were four times more likely to have metabolic syndrome, a number of heart disease and diabetes risk factors including elevated waist circumference, high blood pressure and low levels of good cholesterol. Hence, sufficient level of vitamin D is very vital to child heart disease prevention.
