Low Doses Of Vitamin D Linked With Harmful Outcomes During Pregnancy
A link has been found between adverse health outcomes and vitamin D deficiency resulting in complications such as gestational diabetes and preeclampsia in pregnant women and low birth weight in newborns. Vitamin D deficiency has already been linked to several health problems and has been flagged as a public health concern…
March 27, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: already-been, between-adverse, birth-weight, deficiency-resulting, diet, health-outcomes, oncalldietitian.com, pregnancy / obstetrics, pregnant-women, several-health, such-as-gestational
Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy Reduced Early Preterm Birth, Low Birth Weight
University of Kansas researchers have found that the infants of mothers who were given 600 milligrams of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA during pregnancy weighed more at birth and were less likely to be very low birth weight and born before 34 weeks gestation than infants of mothers who were given a placebo. This result greatly strengthens the case for using the dietary supplement during pregnancy…
February 27, 2013 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: 600-milligrams, birth-weight, case, diet, kansas, more-at-birth, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldiets, the-dietary, weeks-gestation
