{"id":10980,"date":"2012-12-26T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2012-12-26T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/news\/?p=10980"},"modified":"2012-12-21T14:37:52","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T19:37:52","slug":"low-d-tied-to-low-birth-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/low-d-tied-to-low-birth-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"Low \u2018D\u2019 Tied to Low Birth Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new University of Pittsburgh study has connected low vitamin D levels In pregnant women with low birth weights of their babies, Medical Xpress.com reported this week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A mother&#8217;s vitamin D level early in pregnancy may impact the growth of her baby later in pregnancy,&#8221; lead author Dr. Alison Gernand told Medical Xpress. &#8220;Also, if the mother was deficient in vitamin D during the first trimester, her baby had twice the risk of suffering from growth restriction in utero.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to Medical Xpress, babies born small for gestational age are at five to 10 times greater risk for death in their first month and have a higher risk of chronic diseases, such as heart disease, hypertension and type 2 diabetes, later in life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2012-12-vitamin-d-pregnancy-birth-weights.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>To read the report click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><em>SmartTan.com news articles regularly report medical and scientific information to keep you abreast of current events related to UV light. 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