Lack of vitamin D at birth may increase respiratory infection risk – The Chart - CNN.com Blogs

Lack of vitamin D at birth may increase respiratory infection risk – The Chart - CNN.com Blogs
Here's more evidence to add to research from earlier this year that pregnant women need more vitamin D:

A study led by Dr. Carlos Camargo, Jr., of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, finds that newborns with low levels of cord-blood 25-hydroxyvitamin D (a measure of overall vitamin D status) had a greater risk of respiratory infection than those who had higher levels. The researchers did not find an association with asthma, but respiratory infection exacerbates that condition, Camargo said.

"Mothers should be aware that vitamin D is important," Camargo said. "I wouldn’t want to change policy based on this first study, but I do think it supports the idea that vitamin D is important for health.