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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
Volume 65, Issue 9, Pages 1076-1078Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.110
Keywords
vitamin D; pregnancy; food groups
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- Health Research Board, Ireland
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Vitamin D has an important role in pregnancy in promoting fetal skeletal health. Maternal dietary intake is a key factor influencing both maternal and fetal status. There are limited data available on food groups contributing to vitamin D intake in pregnancy. The aim of this study was to determine dietary intakes of vitamin D throughout pregnancy in 64 women and to determine the main food groups contributing to vitamin D intake. Results showed that median dietary intakes of vitamin D ranged from 1.9-2.1 mu g/d during pregnancy, and were 80% below the current recommendation. The principal food groups contributing to vitamin D intake were meat, egg and breakfast cereal groups. Oily fish, the best dietary source of vitamin D, was consumed by <25% of women. These data call for more education; they question the role of vitamin D supplementation and highlight the contribution of other food groups more frequently consumed, namely, breakfast cereals, meat and eggs. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2011) 65, 1076-1078; doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.110; published online 22 June 2011
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