Lack of Vitamin D in pregnant women could hurt children’s language skills
Posted February 13, 2012 6:31 pm.
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A new study out of Australia suggests pregnant women who do not get enough Vitamin D could be putting their children at risk of language difficulties.
Researchers looked at levels of the sunshine vitamin in more than 700 pregnant women, then measured their children’s behaviour and language development.
They found that the children of mothers with the lowest levels of Vitamin D were twice as likely to experience language difficulties, compared to those whose mothers had normal levels of the vitamin.
