TY - JOUR
T1 - Vitamin D in the Persian Gulf
T2 - Integrative physiology and socioeconomic factors
AU - Fields, Jessica
AU - Trivedi, Nishant J.
AU - Horton, Edward
AU - Mechanick, Jeffrey I.
N1 - Funding Information:
Disclosure Conflicts of interest: J. Fields: none; N. Trivedi: none; E. Horton: has been on the advisory board for Amylin; has been a consultant for Gilead; has been on the research steering committee for Medtronic; has been on the advisory board and speakers’ bureau for Merck; has been on the advisory board for Roche; has received grant support from Amylin and Eli Lilly; has received honoraria from Amylin, Gilead, Medtronic, Merck, and Roche; and has received travel/accommodations expenses covered or reimbursed from Amylin, Gilead, Medtronic, Merck, and Roche; J.I. Mechanick: has been a consultant, received honoraria, received payment for development of educational presentations including service on speakers’ bureaus, and received travel/accommodations expenses covered or reimbursed by Abbott Nutrition and Nestle Nutrition; and has received grant support from Select Medical Corporation.
PY - 2011/12
Y1 - 2011/12
N2 - Countries of the Persian Gulf region-Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates-have become increasingly modernized, resulting in a transformation of lifestyle based on technology, sedentary activity, lack of sunlight, and unhealthy dietary patterns. These factors have led to a higher prevalence not only of vitamin D undernutrition, but also chronic obesity, insulin resistance, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes. This review explores the integrative physiologic effects of vitamin D with socioeconomic factors and propose a hypothesis-driven model for their contributions to obesity and diabetes in the Persian Gulf. Further research into these interactions may ultimately lead to novel preventive strategies and therapies for metabolic disorders in this geographic region.
AB - Countries of the Persian Gulf region-Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates-have become increasingly modernized, resulting in a transformation of lifestyle based on technology, sedentary activity, lack of sunlight, and unhealthy dietary patterns. These factors have led to a higher prevalence not only of vitamin D undernutrition, but also chronic obesity, insulin resistance, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes. This review explores the integrative physiologic effects of vitamin D with socioeconomic factors and propose a hypothesis-driven model for their contributions to obesity and diabetes in the Persian Gulf. Further research into these interactions may ultimately lead to novel preventive strategies and therapies for metabolic disorders in this geographic region.
KW - Diabetes
KW - Metabolic syndrome
KW - Obesity
KW - Osteoporosis
KW - Persian Gulf region
KW - Vitamin D
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/81255175986
U2 - 10.1007/s11914-011-0071-2
DO - 10.1007/s11914-011-0071-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 21901427
AN - SCOPUS:81255175986
SN - 1544-1873
VL - 9
SP - 243
EP - 250
JO - Current Osteoporosis Reports
JF - Current Osteoporosis Reports
IS - 4
ER -