Maternal Vitamin D Status and Neonatal Bone Strength
Maternal Vitamin D Status and Neonatal Bone Strength
Objectives:

 1. To determine the incidence of vitamin D deficiency among Israeli pregnant women

 2. To access whether maternal vitamin D status affects infant bone strength.

 Methods:

 1. Vitamin D levels -in cord blood and maternal blood

 2. The mother will fill a demographic and nutritional questionnaire

 The Infants:

 3. Growth assessment of the infants: weight length and head circumference

 4. Bone strength measurement by Quantitative Ultrasound (Sunlight Omnisense 7000/8000TM)
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  mother-baby pairs,

 -  birth week 35-42.

 -  Jewish and Arab women that read and understand Hebrew.

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  large neonatal congenital defects.