[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/bone-nutrition\/vitamin-d-weight\/#Article","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/bone-nutrition\/vitamin-d-weight\/","headline":"Weight gain linked to lower vitamin D","name":"Weight gain linked to lower vitamin D","description":"Print PDF eBook Facebook Twitter Gmail LinkedIn Pinterest Lower levels of vitamin D may mean higher numbers on the scale, according to new research. This study linking lack of vitamin D with weight gain in postmenopausal women is one of the first to show this correlation, and I expect it will cause other researchers to […]","datePublished":"2012-08-20","dateModified":"2026-04-22","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/author\/brownbetterbonesgmail-com\/#Person","name":"Dr. Susan E. Brown, PhD","url":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/author\/brownbetterbonesgmail-com\/","identifier":72,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e08d87bd45250c6616e1752933a6576aba077f335d97ee337a0cde5e435cbd3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8e08d87bd45250c6616e1752933a6576aba077f335d97ee337a0cde5e435cbd3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Center for Better Bones","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Better-Bones-AMP.png","url":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Better-Bones-AMP.png","width":150,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/osteoporosis-blog.jpg","url":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/osteoporosis-blog.jpg","height":512,"width":1024},"url":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/bone-nutrition\/vitamin-d-weight\/","about":["Bone Nutrition"],"wordCount":322,"keywords":["Vitamin D"],"articleBody":" Print PDF eBook\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFacebook\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTwitter\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGmail\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLinkedIn\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPinterest\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLower levels of vitamin D may mean higher numbers on the scale, according to new research.This study linking lack of vitamin D with weight gain in postmenopausal women is one of the first to show this correlation, and I expect it will cause other researchers to take an even closer look at how vitamin D can influence body weight. It\u2019s also another example of how everything we do for our bone health should be good for the entire body.Here are the highlights of the study, funded by the National Institutes of Health and published online in the Journal of Women’s Health. It looked at nearly 4,600 women over the age of 65 for five years:\u2022 Women with insufficient blood levels of vitamin D gained more weight than those with adequate levels of the vitamin.\u2022 The difference in weight gain was about two pounds. In the group of 571 women who gained weight, those with insufficient Vitamin D levels gained 18.5 pounds over five years. Women who had sufficient vitamin D gained 16.4 pounds.\u2022 Nearly 80% of women in the study had insufficient vitamin D (less than 30 ng\/mL).I know that the weight aspect of the study will be interesting to a lot of people \u2014 after all, we all want to know what contributes to extra pounds \u2014 but it\u2019s just as important that almost 80% of the women in the study have vitamin D levels so low they will limit calcium absorption.I recommend an ideal level of 50-60 ng\/mL for better bones and a better body. For more information about the whole body benefits of vitamin D, read my article \u201cVitamin D: its benefits are more than ever imagined.\u201d Reference:Kaiser Permanente (2012, June 25). Low vitamin D levels linked to weight gain in some older women. ScienceDaily. (accessed 07.05.12)Compare all the options in our comprehensive resource on which supplements actually help bone density."},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Bone Nutrition","item":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/bone-nutrition\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Weight gain linked to lower vitamin D","item":"https:\/\/betterbones.com\/bone-nutrition\/vitamin-d-weight\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]