"calcium"

Key nutrients for women include calcium for bone health, iron to prevent anaemia, folate for cell growth (especially during pregnancy), vitamin D for immunity and bone support, and omega 3 fatty acids for heart and brain health

Vitamin D helps prevent bone thinning, has anti-inflammatory effects, and protects women against arthritis.

A human baby's brain develops rapidly especially during the third trimester in the mother's womb till the first two years of the baby's life.

According to the findings, published in the journal BMC Medicine, vegetarians and people who ate fish but not meat had a higher risk of hip fractures, compared to people who ate meat.