Low vitamin D could account for link between obesity and cancer, heart disease, diabetes
``Since vitamin D is generally lower in persons with obesity, it is possible that low vitamin D could account, in part, for the link between obesity and diseases such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes,'' said Caitlin Mason, Ph.D., lead author of the paper, published online May 25 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus is more likely to develop in individuals with vitamin D deficiency, a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found.