Obesity
Study data from University of Pittsburgh, Department of Epidemiology provide new insights into obesity
Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 22nd, 2007
New investigation results, 'Prepregnancy obesity predicts poor vitamin D status in mothers and their neonates,' are detailed in a study published in The Journal of Nutrition. According to recent research from the United States, "Obesity is a risk factor for vitamin D deficiency, but this relation has not been studied among pregnant women, who must sustain their own vitamin D stores as well as those of their fetuses. Our objective was to assess the effect of prepregnancy BMI on maternal and newborn 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] concentrations."
"Serum 25(OH)D was measured at 4-21 wk gestation and predelivery in 200 white and 200 black pregnant women and in their...
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