Vitamin D supplementation protects newborns: study
21st April 2015
Vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy helps prevent deficiency in newborns, an Australian study has found.
Around 78 pregnant women were randomised to receive oral vitamin D supplementation of 2000-4000 IU cholecalciferol daily until delivery or no supplementation.
Most babies born to women given the supplements satisfied the current Australian guidelines for vitamin D sufficiency of >50nmol/l, but very few born to the control group achieved this level, the University of Melbourne researchers write.
They also say breast milk is a poor source