Vitamin D congress on pregnancy and childhood diseases – April 2019

Two days of Vitamin D presentations in Frankfort Germany

25% of presentations in English with German subtitles
Streaming video – some the video was pre-recorded
Costs 50 € - 268 € to attend the event and ask questions of the presenters . But basically sold out
Videos will also be available for purchase after the conference
  - perhaps the English presentations will be able to be purchased separately
Website: www.spitzen-praevention.com

Talks - primarily in German

Top-quality health from cradle to grave: NDE and DOHaD	J. Spitz, Schlangenbad / Wiesbaden
Naturally pregnant	S. Barz, Bremen
Blessing and curse of the caesarean section	M. Geening, Mainz
Omega 3 FS in pregnancy	C. von Schacky, Munich
Misdiagnosis of child maltreatment in congenital rickets	R. von Helden, Lennestadt
Micronutrients in pregnancy	U. Groeser, Essen
The mineral magnesium in pregnancy	K. Kisters, Herne
The importance of omega-3 fatty acids in childhood	V. Schmiedel, Baar / Switzerland
Movement as motor of child potential development	N. Ferrari, Cologne
The Importance of Singing in Pregnancy, Childbirth and Childhood	M. Hollmann, Munich
Risk Factor Environment in the 21st Century	KE Müller, Kempten
Stress and Reproduction	A. Wolf, Ulm
The role of selenium and iodine in the development of the child	L. Schomburg, Berlin
The significance of the social uterus for the development of the child	G. Lenker, Munich
We do not need new medicine, but a new health culture	J. Spitz, Schlangenbad / Wiesbaden

Talks in English (German subcaptions) April 6%%%49 € to watch live or anytime in the subsequent 5 days

Vitamin D: Tuning the immune system	M. Holick, Boston / USA
Vitamin D: Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation Pregnancy	B. Hollis, South Carolina / USA
Vitamin D: Save our children now! The success story of Grassroothealth	C. Baggerly, Encinitas / USA
Vitamin D: Epidemiology of Maternal Vitamin D Deficiency	William B. Grant, San Francisco / USA
Our microbiome at the beginning of life	A. Fasano, Boston / USA

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See also Vitamin D Life

Pregnancy category starts with

750 items in Pregnancy category

 - see also

• Overview Pregnancy and vitamin D
• Number of articles in both categories of Pregnancy and:
  Dark Skin 25;   Depression 17;   Diabetes 39;   Obesity 12;  Hypertension 35;   Breathing 29;  Omega-3 30;  Vitamin D Receptor 18
• All items in category Infant/Child 606 items
• breastfed 887 items as of Jan 2018
• Preeclampsia 825 items as of Jan 2018
• Pre-term 4710 items as of Dec 2018
• "polycystic ovary syndrome" OR PCOS 303 items as of Jan 2018
• Gestational Diabetes
• c-section OR "caesarean section" (various spellings) 937 items as of Aug 2020
• postpartum depression 208 items as of Aug 2018
• Search VitaminDiiki for MISCARRIAGE OR "Spontaneous abortion" 794 as of Feb 2020
• Search Vitamin D Life for "Assisted reproduction" 33 items as of Feb 2017
• Fertility and Sperm category listing has 109 items along with related searches
• (Stunting OR “low birth weight” OR LBW) 1180 items as of June 2020
• Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D
• Ensure a healthy pregnancy and baby - take Vitamin D before conception
  

Healthy pregnancies need lots of vitamin D has the following summary

Problem	Reduces	Evidence
0. Chance of not conceiving	3.4 times	Observe
1. Miscarriage	2.5 times	Observe
2. Pre-eclampsia	3.6 times	RCT
3. Gestational Diabetes	3 times	RCT
4. Good 2nd trimester sleep quality	3.5 times	Observe
5. Premature birth	2 times	RCT
6. C-section - unplanned	1.6 times	Observe
Stillbirth - OMEGA-3	4 times	RCT - Omega-3
7. Depression AFTER pregnancy	1.4 times	RCT
8. Small for Gestational Age	1.6 times	meta-analysis
9. Infant height, weight, head size      within normal limits		RCT
10. Childhood Wheezing	1.3 times	RCT
11. Additional child is Autistic	4 times	Intervention
12.Young adult Multiple Sclerosis	1.9 times	Observe
13. Preeclampsia in young adult	3.5 times	RCT
14. Good motor skills @ age 3	1.4 times	Observe
15. Childhood Mite allergy	5 times	RCT
16. Childhood Respiratory Tract visits	2.5 times	RCT

RCT = Randomized Controlled Trial

• Infant-Child category listing has 606 items along with related searches
• Conference category listing has 42 items along with related searches