TY  - JOUR
T1  - Effects of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation on Body Mass Index and Parathyroid Hormone in Asian Young Women
AU - , Bakhtiar Tartibian AU - , Narmin Motab Saei 
JO  - Research Journal of Biological Sciences
VL  - 3
IS  - 10
SP  - 1147
EP  - 1152
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-8846
DO  - rjbsci.2008.1147.1152
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjbsci.2008.1147.1152
KW  - Calcium
KW  -vitamin D
KW  -BMI
KW  -PTH
KW  -Asian young women
AB  - The efficacy of calcium with vitamin D supplementation for preventing obesity and maintaining normal BMI and body weight in healthy young women remains equivocal. The objective of this study was to assess the 9-weeks effects of calcium-vitamin D supplementation on body mass index, body weight and parathyroid hormone in Asian young women. For this purpose, 22 young women participated in this study. Subjects were randomly assigned to experimental group (n = 11) and control group (n = 11). The experimental group was treated with 1000  mg day <SUP>1</SUP> calcium carbonate and 200 IU day <SUP>1</SUP> vitamin D. The blood samples collected and BMI, body weight and body fat percentage measured at baseline and the end of the 9-weeks. The results showed that 9 weeks Ca-vitamin D supplementation decreased significantly in both PTH and Body fat percentage (p&lt;0.001). No significant difference found in both BMI (p = 0.056) and weight (p = 0.267). We conclude that calcium-vitamin D supplementation may play a substantial contributing role in reducing of PTH and the incidence of obesity in Asian young women.
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