Folic acid education methods need further study -- CDC response to March of Dimes poll.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FOLIC ACID CONSUMPTION/EDUCATION METHODS NEED FURTHER STUDY, CDC advises in response to a March of Dimes survey on the know-ledge and use of the B vitamin among women of childbearing age. A summary of the survey and an accompanying Centers for Disease Control & Prevention editorial was published in the agency's Aug. 8 Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report. "Further study is needed to identify effective approaches to increasing folic acid consumption and to evaluate approaches being used," CDC states.
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