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[Folic acid intake in daily food rations of 20-25 years old women from Wroclaw and assessment of knowledge about its importance for health] Roczniki Państwowego Zakładu Higieny [Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig] Journal article

 
Wyka J, Mikołajczak J 
[Folic acid intake in daily food rations of 20-25 years old women from Wroclaw and assessment of knowledge about its importance for health] [English Abstract, Journal Article]
Rocz Panstw Zakl Hig 2007; 58(4):633-40.


The mean folic acid content in the diets of 50 young women from Wroclaw was 282 mcg and complied in 70.5% of recommended intake in prophylactic of neural tube defects. Only 8% of women used peri-conceptional folate supplementation every day. In the examined group low knowledge about importance of folic acid in health was noticed. Educational interventions are required to inform women at childbearing age of the benefits resulting from supplementation of diet with folic acid.



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