| Folic Acid Deficiency |
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300,000 children are |
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| born each year
with spina bifida and |
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| anencephaly,
which are severe |
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| neural tube
defects. Approximately |
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| 75%, 225,000,
of these affected |
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| births could be
prevented through |
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| increased
consumption of synthetic |
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| folic acid by
all women of |
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| reproductive
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