Can vitamin D help weight loss?

This week, I came across an interesting article in Woman and Home magazine about the important role of vitamin D in our diets. I work in an office environment and get very little time out in sunlight - in the winter this gets even worse. Many of us just don't get the level of sunlight needed to produce enough vitamin D so eating a diet high in vitamin D or supplementing is a good alternative. Many cultures are getting severely deficient in this vitamin and getting enough from the sun means direct exposure to sunlight for 15 minutes each day...