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Since vitamin d is fat-soluble, do you have to have much fat to store it in? are very skinny people unable to store adequate vitamin d?

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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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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

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.

Answered 11/16/2019

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