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Pregnant people might not be getting the nutrients they need - C C - Nov 20, 2024
So little challenge in this one that you don't even need to open it up to find "Where's Waldo?"
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Pregnant people might not be getting the nutrients they need, according to new research from Stevens
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1065441
INTRO: It’s generally estimated that around 10% of pregnant people struggle to meet their nutritional needs—but the real number could be far higher, according to new research from Stevens Institute of Technology.
According to a recent study published in The Journal of Nutrition, over 90% of pregnant individuals are potentially failing to get enough iron, vitamin D, or vitamin E from the food they eat, while over one-third could be short of calcium, vitamin C, and vitamin A. Troublingly, almost two-thirds of pregnant people were also found to be getting insufficient dietary folate—a critical nutrient that helps prevent birth defects in the baby's brain and spine.
“It’s important to remember that many pregnant people take prenatal vitamin supplements, which might help prevent nutritional deficiencies,” says Dr. Samantha Kleinberg, the study’s lead author and a professor at the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science at Stevens. “Nonetheless, this is a startling finding that suggests we need to be looking much more closely at whether pregnant individuals are getting the nutrients they need.”
Where most previous studies of nutrition during pregnancy relied on a few days of food diaries, or on simply asking people what they remembered eating, the Stevens team asked pregnant people to take before-and-after photos of everything they ate over two 14-day periods. Experts then reviewed the photos to assess the amount of food actually eaten and determine the nutrients consumed during each meal... (MORE - details)
RE: Pregnant people might not be getting the nutrients they need - Syne - Nov 20, 2024
Too bad their language completely undermines any good they could hope to do.
They just become more of the woke garbage heap no one trusts.