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Pregnant women are not getting the essential nutrients they and their babies need from modern diets say scientists, who have warned that the situation will likely worsen as more people turn to plant-based foods.

Pregnant women are not getting the essential nutrients they and their babies need from modern diets, said scientists,

Pregnant women are not getting the essential nutrients they and their babies need from modern diets, especially vegetarian and vegan ones.

Most of those tested lack nutrients crucial for healthy foetal development as found in abundance in meat and dairy products

<p>Pregnant women eating modern diets are missing key nutrients needed for them and their babies, and this could get wors with the move to plant-based foods.</p> <p>Scientists surveying more than 1,700 women found most were missing vitamines usually found in meat and dairy, including B12, B6 and D, folic acid and riboflavin which are essential for the development of foetuses in the womb.</p>

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