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Women of Reproductive Age Still Not Consuming Enough Folic Acid.
2001 APR 5 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In the March 16, 2001, issue of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reminds women of reproductive age that they need to take at least 400 micrograms of the B-vitamin folic acid daily.
This amount will reduce the risk of having a baby with certain birth defects such as spina bifida or other related neural tube defects (NTDs), the agency says.
A state health department survey of 739 women of reproductive age (18-44 years), in Michigan, found that most of these women did not take a folic acid supplement or multivitamin on a ...
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