Poor maternal vitamin D linked to increased childhood obesity


The prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among pregnant ladies has increased within the last 20 years. About 66 % of the pregnant ladies had insufficient vitamin D in the first trimester an essential period for organ development. Vitamin D deficiency in pregnant ladies might pre-program babies to grow into obese children and adults. Researchers found that 6-year-olds born to mothers with terribly low vitamin D levels during their first trimester had larger waists -- about half an inch.

75 % of U.S. teenagers and adults have little vitamin d in their system, according to a 2009 study. Deficiency in this sunshine vitamin has been connected to increased risk of, cancer, heart disease, multiple sclerosis and type 1diabetes. A new-born’s vitamin D status mostly depends on mother. Therefore infants are high at risk of vitamin D deficiency if their mothers are vitamin D deficient or are close to it .About 95 percent of the vitamin D made in our body comes from sunshine. The remaining 5 percent comes from, fatty fish; eggs fish liver oil and fortified foods such as, cheese, yoghourt and cereal, milk.


Obesity throughout pregnancy is linked to low vitamin d levels. This negatively affects the health of the mother, and in the long run it will increase the child's risk of overweight, weak bones, type-2 diabetes, and allergies. According to North-western University Feinberg school of medicine says that, according to the study, there is a relation between overweight and obesity in pregnant ladies and low vitamin D levels in both the mothers and their new-born babies.



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