date:Sep 19, 2012
Mothers with low levels of vitamin D are more likely to have children with slower brain development and lower mental and motor skills, warn researchers.
The population-based study investigated the association between maternal vitamin D levels and their childrens development in over 1,800 expectant mothers and babies.
Writing in the journal Pediatrics, the Spanish research team reveal that mothers-to-be with low plasma levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 referred to as 25(OH)D3 in the first trimes