Adiposity, inflammation and fat-soluble vitamins in adolescents

Abstract

Abdominal adiposity implies a higher risk of inflammation and causes different changes to the levels of fat-soluble vitamins according to gender.

The association between carotenoids and subjects with overweight or obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis

“…Only 15 studies of the 19 717 relevant publications evaluated met the inclusion criteria, and contained a total of 28 944 subjects. [11][12][13][14][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] These 15 articles included 8 papers analysing differences in the serum carotenoid concentrations between subjects with excess body weight and the normal weight subjects, [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] and 7 papers (RCTs) evaluating the change in the anthropometric and blood liquid parameters in response to supplementation with carotenoids. [11][12][13][14][16][17][18] Detailed information and primary outcome parameters are presented in Tables 1 and 2, and the risk of bias within individual studies for RCTs is shown in Fig.…”

“…For the 8 papers analysing serum carotenoid concentrations to determine whether low carotenoid concentrations were a risk factor for obesity, 2 studies were conducted in Asia, 23,25 2 studies were performed in North America, 20,26 3 studies were performed in South America 19,21 and 1 study was performed in Oceania. 24 Three studies were conducted in the adults (age ≥18 years (ref.…”

“…23, 25 and 26)) and 4 studies focused on adolescents and children (age <18 years (ref. [19][20][21][22]), and the remaining 1 paper was not analysed because this article did not state the age of the subjects. The population was overweight in 5 studies [19][20][21]24,26 and obese in 5 studies.…”

“…[19][20][21][22]), and the remaining 1 paper was not analysed because this article did not state the age of the subjects. The population was overweight in 5 studies [19][20][21]24,26 and obese in 5 studies. 20,[22][23][24][25][26] Four studies were carried out among the male population, 19,23,25,26 4 studies were undertaken with female subjects, 23,25,26 and the rest of the studies had both male and female subjects.…”

“…The population was overweight in 5 studies [19][20][21]24,26 and obese in 5 studies. 20,[22][23][24][25][26] Four studies were carried out among the male population, 19,23,25,26 4 studies were undertaken with female subjects, 23,25,26 and the rest of the studies had both male and female subjects. [20][21][22]24 The studies were divided into 8 subgroups according to carotenoid species; the lycopene group contained 3 studies, 23,25,26 and the astaxanthin group included 1 study.…”