Mini Lit Review
New Zealand, like any other country, is subject to both harmful and beneficial health behaviors. There are several different factors that go in to a country’s overall health status. Nutrition, women and/or children’s health, infectious disease, and health & the economy are a few of the more prominent factors.
Nutrition: von Hurst, P., Stonehouse, W., Coad, J. (2010). Vitamin D supplementation reduces insulin resistance in South Asian women living in New Zealand who are insulin resistant and vitamin D deficient-a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Retrieved from http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=7180948&fileId=S0007114509992017
Vitamin D (2010) conducted a trial to see if vitamin D supplementation correlated with insulin resistance. Magee, E. (May 2014). Vitamin D Deficiency. Retrieved from http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/vitamin-d-deficiency?page=2
Deficiency (2014) discusses symptoms related to the absence of vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency is a prevalent issue in New Zealand. The usual issue that comes with Vitamin D deficiency is rickets; bone tissue does not develop properly, causing soft bones and skeletal deformities. The lack of the vitamin has also been linked to a risk of death from cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment in the elderly, severe asthma in children, and cancer. The main interest of Vitamin D issues in New Zealand, however, is how it correlates with diabetes. A trial was done to see if supplementation of Vitamin D would reduce resistance to insulin. The trial was randomized, double-blind, and placebo-based. The study shows that those who are insulin resistant and Vitamin D deficient can display enhanced insulin sensitivity, when given large doses of Vitamin D supplements; over a significant period of time.
Children: Houghton, L., Szymlek-Gay, E., Gray, A., Ferguson, E., Deng, X., Heath, A.L. (2010). Predictors of vitamin D status and its association with parathyroid
Nutrition: von Hurst, P., Stonehouse, W., Coad, J. (2010). Vitamin D supplementation reduces insulin resistance in South Asian women living in New Zealand who are insulin resistant and vitamin D deficient-a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Retrieved from http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=7180948&fileId=S0007114509992017
Vitamin D (2010) conducted a trial to see if vitamin D supplementation correlated with insulin resistance. Magee, E. (May 2014). Vitamin D Deficiency. Retrieved from http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/vitamin-d-deficiency?page=2
Deficiency (2014) discusses symptoms related to the absence of vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency is a prevalent issue in New Zealand. The usual issue that comes with Vitamin D deficiency is rickets; bone tissue does not develop properly, causing soft bones and skeletal deformities. The lack of the vitamin has also been linked to a risk of death from cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment in the elderly, severe asthma in children, and cancer. The main interest of Vitamin D issues in New Zealand, however, is how it correlates with diabetes. A trial was done to see if supplementation of Vitamin D would reduce resistance to insulin. The trial was randomized, double-blind, and placebo-based. The study shows that those who are insulin resistant and Vitamin D deficient can display enhanced insulin sensitivity, when given large doses of Vitamin D supplements; over a significant period of time.
Children: Houghton, L., Szymlek-Gay, E., Gray, A., Ferguson, E., Deng, X., Heath, A.L. (2010). Predictors of vitamin D status and its association with parathyroid