Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milano, 20122 Milano, Italy.
Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Anestesia e Terapia Intensiva Donna-Bambino, 20122 Milano, Italy.
Nutrients. 2022 Mar 27;14(7):1397. doi: 10.3390/nu14071397.
Obese children are at high risk of developing vitamin D deficiency. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and their derivatives might have a beneficial effect on vitamin D status of obese children, due to their anti-inflammatory action, and increasing its absorption. This multicenter, randomized, double-blind controlled study aims to investigate the effect of vitamin D and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) co-supplementation for six months on vitamin D status, body composition, and metabolic markers of obese children with vitamin D deficiency. A total of 108 children were enrolled and 73 children completed the study: 33 were supplemented with an oral dose of 500 mg of DHA and 1200 IU/day of vitamin D3 and 41 were supplemented with 1200 IU/day of vitamin D3 + wheat germ oil. At the end of the study, more than 50% of the subjects improved their vitamin D status. However, co-supplementation was not more effective than vitamin D plus wheat germ oil. Fat mass percentage was significantly reduced, and body mass index improved in both groups, even if all the subjects were still obese at the end of the study. Children receiving both vitamin D and DHA presented a higher increase of DHA levels that could be relevant to prevent inflammatory-associated complications of obesity, but they had no effect on vitamin D levels.
肥胖儿童患维生素 D 缺乏症的风险很高。由于其抗炎作用,并增加其吸收,ω-3 多不饱和脂肪酸及其衍生物可能对肥胖儿童的维生素 D 状态有有益的影响。这项多中心、随机、双盲对照研究旨在探讨维生素 D 和二十二碳六烯酸 (DHA) 联合补充六个月对维生素 D 缺乏的肥胖儿童维生素 D 状态、身体成分和代谢标志物的影响。共有 108 名儿童入组,73 名儿童完成了研究:33 名儿童口服补充 500 毫克 DHA 和 1200IU/天维生素 D3,41 名儿童补充 1200IU/天维生素 D3+小麦胚芽油。在研究结束时,超过 50%的受试者维生素 D 状态得到改善。然而,联合补充并不比维生素 D 加小麦胚芽油更有效。两组的脂肪百分比均显著降低,体重指数也有所改善,尽管所有受试者在研究结束时仍肥胖。同时接受维生素 D 和 DHA 的儿童 DHA 水平升高幅度更高,这可能与预防肥胖相关炎症并发症有关,但对维生素 D 水平没有影响。