Nutrients | |
Sun Exposure and Vitamin D Supplementation in Relation to Vitamin D Status of Breastfeeding Mothers and Infants in the Global Exploration of Human Milk Study | |
Adekunle Dawodu3  Barbara Davidson3  Jessica G. Woo3  Yong-Mei Peng1  Guillermo M. Ruiz-Palacios2  Maria de Lourdes Guerrero2  | |
[1] Children’s Hospital of Fudan University, 399 Wanyuan Road, Shanghai 20102, China; E-Mail:;National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition, Vasco de Quiroga No. 15, Tlalpan, Mexico City 14000, Mexico; E-Mails:;Global Health Center, Perinatal Institute and Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA; E-Mails: | |
关键词: vitamin D; sun exposure; breastfeeding; supplements; mothers; infants; | |
DOI : 10.3390/nu7021081 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
Although vitamin D (vD) deficiency is common in breastfed infants and their mothers during pregnancy and lactation, a standardized global comparison is lacking. We studied the prevalence and risk factors for vD deficiency using a standardized protocol in a cohort of breastfeeding mother-infant pairs, enrolled in the Global Exploration of Human Milk Study, designed to examine longitudinally the effect of environment, diet and culture. Mothers planned to provide breast milk for at least three months post-partum and were enrolled at four weeks postpartum in Shanghai, China (
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