Intake of other B vitamins
obesity
OBESITY
The intake of vitamins B2, B6 and B12 was adequate among study participants and was higher in men than in women. This is expected, as men also consume more calories than women. The intake of these B vitamins was not associated with socioeconomic backgrounds and health behaviours, suggesting that the overall dietary quality was homogenous in this sample. The lack of associations between vitamin B intake and obesity measures (BMI, WC and WHR) may be due to the small sample size and sample homogeneity. Nonetheless, an inverse association between vitamin B2 intake and BMI was observed in male participants. Vitamin B2 is a coenzyme of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), the rate-limiting enzyme in the folate cycle (