worldpediatrics

  New study reveals thousands of prenatal supplements fail to provide adequate nutrition for pregnant women and babies A new study from researchers in the Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity (LEAD) Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus shows that 90 percent of pregnant women do not receive adequate nutrients during pregnancy from food alone and must look to supplements to fill that deficit. However, they also discovered that 99 percent of the affordable dietary supplements on the market do not contain appropriate doses of key micronutrients that are urgently needed to make up for the nutritional imbalance. Nutrition is critical for a healthy mom and a healthy baby. Too little of certain nutrients can cause pre-term birth, low birthweight,  birth defects  and other health challenges. At the same time, too much could change how a baby's body develops and their risk of having  health problems  in the future", said Katherine Sauder, Ph.D., De...