Selecting a dietary supplement with appropriate dosing for 6 key nutrients in pregnancy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most pregnant women in the United States (US) are at risk of inadequate intake of key nutrients during pregnancy from foods alone. Current dietary supplement practices reduce risk of inadequacy for only some nutrients and induce excessive intake of other nutrients.

Objectives

Our study aimed to estimate the doses of supplementation needed to help most pregnant women achieve the recommended intake without exceeding upper limits for key prenatal nutrients and to identify US dietary supplements providing these doses.

Methods

We conducted 24-h dietary recalls in 2450 pregnant participants aged 14-50 y from 2007 to 2019. We estimated the usual intake of vitamins A and D, folate, calcium, iron, and ω-3 FAs from foods alone. We calculated the target doses of suppl

SUBMITTER: Sauder KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10273074 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature