No: Actually, obese people are at higher risk of vitamin d deficiency than skinnier people. Obese people tend to have lower vitamin d levels for many reasons including the fact that they absorb vitamin d in their subcutaneous fat stores, making vitamin d less bioavailable. Obese people may be less able to convert vitamin d into its hormonally active form. Obese people may require more sun to make d.
Answered 3/10/2012
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No: Oddly you would think that obese people would have more vitamin D, but obesity is associated with low vitamin D levels. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5577589/ Keep up that ideal body mass.
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