Thousands of prenatal supplements fail to provide adequate nutrition for pregnant women, babies

(MEDICAL XPRESS) – 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.

The study was published today in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

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"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., Deputy Director of the LEAD Center and Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the University of Colorado School of Medicine and lead author of the study. "That's why eating a balanced diet and choosing a good prenatal vitamin is so important."

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