Prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency in healthy Indian school ‐going adolescents from rural and urban localities and its relationship with various anthropometric indices: a cross‐sectional study

ConclusionsVitamin B12 deficiency was higher among rural school‐going adolescents. Boys had a higher B12 deficiency than girls. Inverse associations of serum B12 with adiposity indices were observed. Serum B12 levels were positively associated with dietary vitamin B12 intake.

Source: Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics - February 22, 2018 Category: Nutrition Authors: S. Chakraborty, M. Chopra, K. Mani, A. K. Giri, P. Banerjee, N. S. Sahni, A. Siddhu, N. Tandon, D. Bharadwaj Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research