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New stats reveal 91% of UK women have insufficient folate levels to support a reduction in neural tube defects
Posted on March 20 2018 at 09:45
A study carried out on behalf of Public Health England and the Food Standards Agency which has been published today (16 March 2018), has revealed as many as 91% of women of childbearing age (16 – 49) in the UK are at increased risk of a neural tube defect (NTD) affected pregnancy due to a folic acid deficiency.
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