Breastfeeding woman are at higher risk of vitamin D deficiency than non-breastfeeding women - insights from the German VitaMinFemin study

Abstract Background Despite increased awareness of the adverse health effects of vitamin D deficiency, only a few studies have evaluated the vitamin D status (25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OHD)]) of breastfeeding women and up to now, no information exits for German breastfeeding women. Therefore, the aim...

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Main Authors: Sandra Gellert, Alexander Ströhle, Andreas Hahn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:International Breastfeeding Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13006-017-0105-1