Many of Vitamin D Deficiency During Pregnancy

Adequacy of vitamin D among pregnant women was still very low. A study in the United States shows, many pregnant women who do not meet the requirement of vitamin D are adequate.

Although vitamin D intake and the dose increased during pregnancy, research indicates that high doses of vitamin D intake is needed for women.



As published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, about 70 percent of women in the U.S. deficiency of vitamin D. Women with darker skin color, that covered her body with clothes on the basis of religious or cultural reasons, as well as those living in northern regions during winter, carrying a higher risk of deficiency of vitamin D.

"Giving vitamins during pregnancy does help increase levels of vitamin D, but many new women who become pregnant to consume after the discovery. While this research continues to run, I think it is very important for women to initiate consumption of a few months before becoming pregnant in order to maximize health benefits," said research leader, Professor Adit Ginde, from the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine.

There is growing evidence that vitamin D levels in the general population declined due to decreased outdoor activity. In fact, vitamin D is one of the essential nutrients, especially during pregnancy and infant health in general. Deficiency of vitamin D in infancy associated with increased respiratory infections. Low vitamin intake in adulthood was also related to heart and blood vessel disease and some cancers.