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Cordeiro de Souza William ¹

de Camargo Smolarek André ² Paulo Gomes Mascarenhas Luis ²

1 University of Contestado, UnC, Porto Uniao, SC, Brazil

2 State University of the Midwest, Irati, Brazil.

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Received Mar 05, 2018 Accepted Mar 05, 2018 Published Mar 15, 2018

Copyright© 2018 Cordeiro de Souza William, et al.
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Cordeiro de Souza William, de Camargo Smolarek Andre, Paulo Gomes Mascarenhas Luis (2018) Insufficiency Of Vitamin D In Adolescents Of The South Of Brazil International Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism. - 1(1):1-1

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Introduction

Vitamin D is primarily attributed the role of important regulator of osteomineral physiology, especially calcium metabolism. This vitamin can be obtained through the exogenous form in the diet or the endogenous synthesis from the cholesterol that is synthesized from the incidence of ultraviolet rays of the sun on the skin. In a study1 conducted by Brazilian researchers with 234 female adolescents from the South of Brazil, aged 7 to 18 years, they reveal that the habits of modern life, far from the sun, contribute significantly to vitamin D insufficiency. researchers have shown that more than 80% of the girls evaluated have vitamin D levels below the recommended, that is to say, four out of five girls lack vitamin. The data found in southern Brazil serves as an appeal to parents, since the lack of vitamin D in children and adolescents can lead to early bone deficiency, diabetes, and some cases of cancer and obesity.

International Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism