Adding folic acid to flour could prevent around 200 cases of neural tube defects, such as spina bifida, every year, and ...
The government announced new measures this week, to help prevent conditions including spina bifida by adding folic acid to ...
A deficiency of folic acid during pregnancy can increase the risk of common neural tube defects such as spina bifida ...
Flour is already fortified with calcium, niacin, thiamine and iron to improve public health. The move to include folic acid ...
A deficiency of folic acid during pregnancy can increase the risk of serious problems for babies, known as neural tube ...
About 1 in 2,875 babies are born with spina bifida in the United State annually. Spina bifida is a birth defect where the ...
UK mandates folic acid fortification in non-wholemeal flour by 2026, aiming to prevent 200 birth defects annually such as ...
Folic acid fortification will be introduced in the UK to help reduce the number of life-threatening birth defects in babies ...