title: [Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy: a necessity. Committee for Nutrition].
abstract: In septentrional countries without vitamin D supplementation of milk and dairy products, many pregnant women are vitamin D deficient. Consequently vitamin D deficiency is present in many newborn infants, which may lead to neonatal hypocalcemia and vitamin D deficient rickets. A prevention of vitamin D deficiency is therefore a necessity in pregnant women through a vitamin D supplementation. This can be done either by a daily supplementation of 400 IU during all pregnancy, or a daily supplementation of 1,000 IU during the third trimester, or by giving a unique dose of 100,000 to 200,000 IU during the seventh month of pregnancy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002980:Climate; D005260:Female; D005527:Food, Fortified; D006801:Humans; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D013472:Sunlight; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D014807:Vitamin D
vernacular_title: La supplémentation en vitamine D durant la grossesse: une nécessité. Comité de nutrition.