Association between vitamin deficiency and metabolic disorders related to obesity

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 15, 2017, Pages 3332-3343

  Thomas Valdés, Samanta ^a   Tostes, Maria das Graças V ^b   Anunciação, Pamella C ^c   da Silva, Bárbara P ^c   Sant'Ana, Helena M Pinheiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

fat soluble vitamins; metabolic disorders; Obesity; vitamin deficiency; water soluble vitamins

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM; NUTRITION; TISSUE HOMEOSTASIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS; FOLIC ACIDS; METABOLIC DISORDERS; OBESITY; STATUS OF WATERS; VITAMIN B-12; WATER SOLUBLE VITAMINS;

VITAMINS;

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; RETINOL; VITAMIN;

COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

AVITAMINOSIS; COMORBIDITY; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; METABOLIC DISEASES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMINS;

EID: 85019587178     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2015.1117413     Document Type: Article

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