Vitamin D call to pregnant women
Updated on 28 December 2007
Pregnant women should boost their intake of vitamin D in the winter months to prevent their child suffering rickets, the Government has said.
The Department of Health urged women to consider taking supplements if they are expecting or breastfeeding.
Although no exact data is available, health workers are seeing more children than ever with a vitamin D deficiency, the Department said.
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