Is there a relationship between vitamin D, exercise and outdoor activity?

Tune in on Wednesday 5/20 at 11am PT for a special Sunshine Month Vitamin D Study Hour, when GrassrootsHealth will be hosting Dr. Leigh Frame for this “Vitamin D Study Hour” to learn about the many ways vitamin D and physical activity are related.

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Your homework assignment for this study hour is:

• New publication from Dr. Frame coming soon!
• Read the paper “Exercise without Weight Loss Prevents Seasonal Decline in Vitamin D Metabolites: The VitaDEx Randomized Controlled Trial” by Perkin et al.

Submit your questions ahead of time for this or any one of our upcoming Vitamin D Study Hour webinars here: https://grassrootshealth.net/submit-question-vitamin-d-scientists-medical-doctors/ 

About Dr. Leigh A. Frame, PhD, MHS

Dr. Leigh A. Frame, PhD, MHS, is a biomedical researcher and academic specializing in nutrition, immunology, and translational health research. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry with distinction from Mary Baldwin College and went on to complete both a Master of Health Science in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and a PhD in International Health with a focus on Human Nutrition at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Frame currently serves as Associate Professor of Clinical Research and Leadership and Executive Director of the Office of Integrative Medicine and Health at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, where she also directs programs focused on integrative medicine and well-being. Her research bridges nutrition and immune function, with particular interest in vitamin D as an immune-modulatory hormone and in the factors that influence vitamin D status in population studies. Through her academic leadership and scientific work—including studies examining how lifestyle factors such as outdoor physical activity may confound vitamin D status—she contributes to advancing methodological rigor and improving the understanding of vitamin D’s role in human health.

Read more about Dr. Frame here.

Vitamin D Study Hours will be held Wednesdays at 11am PT/2pm ET with a 30-40 minute review/presentation by the featured scientist, followed by questions and answers.  The expected time for each session is 50-60 minutes.