REGISTERED DIETICIAN: Folic Acid Helps Prevent Birth Defects

From: The Weekly Gleaner | Date: January 13, 2003| Author: Anonymous | Copyright information

JANUARY is Birth Defects Awareness month. As a result, the March of Dimes (MOD) continues its ongoing campaign to educate the public on ways to prevent birth defects and infant mortality. One of messages that MOD stresses, is that folic acid helps prevent birth defects.

Data from MOD show that each year in the US, about 4,000 pregnancies are affected by Neural Tube Defects (NTDs). Of this number, about 2500 babies are born with NTDs and about 1500 results in miscarriage or stillbirt...

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