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Do Obese People Need More Vitamin D? - Dr. Holick (VIDEO)

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Dr. Holick describes if obese people need to consume more vitamin D per day.

Dr. Holick:
So obese patients are more prone to vitamin D deficiency because they sequester the vitamin D. So we typically give obese patients two to three times more vitamin D in order to maintain their blood level of 25-hydroxy D, above 30 nanograms per ml.

About Dr. Holick, Ph.D., M.D.:
Michael Holick, Ph.D., M.D., is the Professor of Medicine of Physiology and Biophysics at Boston University School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and performed his residency and fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Holick specializes in vitamin D, calcium, bone metabolism, photobiology of vitamin, and osteoporosis. Dr. Holick is also the recipient of the American Skin Associations Psoriasis Research Achievement Award, the American College of Nutrition Award, the Robert H. Herman Memorial Award in Clinical Nutrition from the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, and more.

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