the DGE and other professional societies, such as The German Society of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine recommend 105 to 30 minutes of outdoor exposure in order to stimulate Vitamin D production in the skin. Due to the generally Vitamin D status of the population in Germany the DGE has recently increased the Vitamin D intake recommendations for pregnant women from 5 micrograms (200 International Units, IU) to 20 micrograms (800 IU) per day but only if no endogenous vitamin D synthesis occurs in the skin