Bone Abstracts

Background: Improving the general population’s vitamin D status through food fortification is part of an ongoing debate. Vitamin D status during pregnancy may influence the long-term bone health of offspring; yet conflicting results have been reported and none of the studies have examined paediatric fracture as outcome.Method: The influence of extra vitamin D exposure during prenatal life and risk of fracture during adolescence was determined by com...

Background: Improving the general population’s vitamin D status through food fortification is part of an ongoing international debate. Vitamin D status during pregnancy may influence the long-term bone health of the offspring; yet conflicting results have been reported and none of the studies have examined paediatric fracture as outcome.Method: The influence of extra vitamin D exposure during prenatal life and risk of fracture during adolescence was...