Future health implications of prenatal and early life vitamin D status
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2008
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Ponsonby, Anne-Louise
Pasco, Julie A.
Morley, R
Lucas, Robyn
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Wiley-Blackwell
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Current or recent low vitamin D status (or proxy measures such as dietary intake or ambient ultraviolet radiation) is linked to several chronic diseases, including osteoporosis, cancers, and cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases. Low prenatal vitamin D status may also increase susceptibility to such diseases in later life via specific target organ effects and/or through changes to the developing immune system. Maternal vitamin D supplementation during pregnancy could be an important public health measure to decrease risk of a range of chronic diseases, but further research is required to clarify beneficial and adverse effects of high prenatal vitamin D.
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Keywords: 25 hydroxyvitamin D; vitamin D; asthma; autism; bone; brain tumor; cardiovascular risk; central nervous system disease; chronic disease; Crohn disease; diet; epilepsy; human; infant; insulin dependent diabetes mellitus; metabolic syndrome X; multiple scle Chronic disease; Fetus; Ultraviolet radiation; Vitamin D
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Nutrition Reviews
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