Italian doctors on Friday reported a
three-fold increase in cases of vitamin B12 deficiency during
pregnancy, with the risk of permanent neurological damage for
the unborn child, and said the vegan and vegetarian diets
followed by some mothers were among the causes.
The alarm was raised by experts from Rome's Bambino Gesù
children's hospital and Florence's Meyer hospital following an
extensive screening programme.
They said the number of cases of a deficiency in the
important vitamin rose from 42 in 2015 to 126 in 2016.
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