Authors : Bakhtiar Tartibian and Narmin Motab Saei
Abstract: 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 1 calcium carbonate and 200 IU day 1 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<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.
Bakhtiar Tartibian and Narmin Motab Saei , 2008. Effects of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation on Body Mass Index and Parathyroid Hormone in Asian Young Women. Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 3: 1147-1152.