Vitamin Supplementation in Enhancing Maternal Health and Fetal Development

Dear Colleagues,

Maternal nutritional status preconception and during pregnancy has important consequences for pregnancy outcome, offspring development, as well as maternal health. Changes in vitamin status from preconception through early and late pregnancy and postpartum have been studied across sectional data, longitudinal data, as well as randomized controlled trials in different countries and regions with variable evidence. Explore the influence of vitamin supplementation on reproductive and maternal health from preconception, through early and late pregnancy, to early childhood and across life, to determine the influence of supplementation would be directive for future nutrition guides. The possible transgenerational effects and mechanisms of vitamin supplementation, such as epigenetics, are important directions for further research. Molecular mechanisms and pathways based on animal experimentation also need to be explored and discussed. Vitamins such as folic acid, B12, inositol, as well as other B groups, Vitamins A, C, D,E, and others, as well as emerging new nutrients, could be studied. Possible interaction between environmental exposure and vitamin supplementation could be explored, which may provide a unique intervention in the current complex environment.

Dr. Jufen Liu
Guest Editor

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