Does vitamin D prevent belly fat from accumulating?

 Vitamin D is best known as a calcium regulator in the body that strengthens bones and helps prevent diseases that make them weak. It turns out that vitamin D has other important influencing factors.

A recent study confirmed the previously observed relationship between obesity and lower vitamin D levels, focusing primarily on the possible interaction of different types of adipose tissue with vitamin D.

According to the researchers who conducted the study, excess abdominal fat was associated with lower vitamin D levels:

 "The strong association between increased abdominal fat and lower vitamin D levels suggests that people with larger waistlines are more likely to be deficient in vitamin D and should have their levels checked."

However, the study failed to determine whether vitamin D deficiency causes abdominal obesity or whether abdominal fat somehow contributes to vitamin D deficiency. Scientists said future research will try to determine causal links.