Evaluation of Vitamin-D3 Concentrations in Some Overweight and Obese Population in Baghdad City

Abstract

Obesity is a significant global health problem, Vitamin D shortage is widespread.; therefore, the interconnectedness between the lack of Vitamin D3 and weight was assessed—sixty-five Iraqi volunteers (age
range= 20-53), (40 % male and 61% female) were involved in this study. participants have been divided in the study into two categories based on their measure of body fat based on height and weight. By collecting the medical history of two groups A,B (covering age, time takes of symptoms related to Vitamin D3 deficiency, family history of diseases, smoking habits, and calculation of body mass index. ), it found that group(A) has a twenty-two normal weights individuals (45% men and 55% women), group(B) have forty-five overweight individuals overweight (obese) (men percentage are 34% and women percentage are 66%). Peoplewith health issues like diabetes, arthritis, or hypothyroidism did not take part. This helped avoid influencing the results. Thestudy showed a big and statistically significant decrease(P < 0.001) in Vitamin D3 levels for Group B compared to Group A. Women had much lower (P < 0.001) Vitamin D3 concentrations than men in this volunteer study.