Millions of UK women are on unhealthy diets according to health experts who have amassed results from 110 scientific research studies.
This does not paint a healthy picture of the diets of women in the UK.
Not only are women in the prime of their lives not getting the right amount of nutrition, which in turn can affect the weight of newborn babies too, but the poor diet extends across all age groups.
The Lifecoach review discovered that as a nation of women we lack balanced meals.
Even school age girls, aged 11-18, do not receive enough of the recommended intake of minerals, such as, magnesium, which is found in fruit and veg and vital in increasing energy levels.
A quarter of UK women do not get enough zinc, with 30 per cent not getting enough potassium.
Another 16 per cent are deficient in iodine, with nearly per cent having insufficient levels of iron in their diet.
Between the ages of 19 to 50, a fifth of women still do not get adequate iron, which is crucial for the production of healthy red blood cells, with 11 per cent being deficienct in vitamin B2.
Specifically there is great concern about the lack of vitamin D among this child-bearing age group given that this is the vitamin pregnant women need to ensure strong baby bones and lower the risk of an underweight birth.
