Pregnancy and lactation are critical life stages with unique nutritional requirements,
including for vitamin A (VA). Current DRIs for VA were published in 2001. The objective of …

Vitamin A imbalance during pregnancy and lactation is a global public health concern with
potentially negative consequences for fetuses and neonates. Inadequate vitamin A intake …

Introduction v itamin A is essential for normal maintenance and functioning of body tissues,
and for growth and development, including during pregnancy when the fetus makes …

Early fetal vitamin A supplies must be regulated to avoid teratogenic consequences from too
little or too much. Late in gestation, adequate maternal vitamin A status is important for …

Background: The aim of this review was to evaluate the impact of vitamin A supplementation
on adult pregnant women and women who have just given birth in studies examining serum …

Humans require vitamin A (VA). However, pooled VA data in human milk is uncommon
internationally and offers little support for dietary reference intake (DRIs) revision of infants …

Background Vitamin A deficiency remains a significant public health concern worldwide,
especially in portions of Africa and Southeast Asia. Indeed,∼ 19 million pregnant women …

Vitamin A is an essential nutrient, for which there is a slightly increased requirement during
the third trimester of pregnancy, with even greater requirements for lactating women. Serum …

Vitamin A is an essential micronutrient throughout life. In areas of developing countries
where vitamin A deficiency is endemic, an estimated 40% of the children are likely to be sub …

We aimed to investigate dietary vitamin A (DVA) intake, serum vitamin A (SVA)
concentrations, and breast milk vitamin A (BMVA) concentrations of urban lactating Chinese …