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European folic acid policies are not effective enough

Published in Women's Health Weekly, March 31st, 2005

The prevalence of neural tube defects in Europe has not declined substantially in the past decade, despite national policies of folic acid supplementation in half the countries, finds a new study from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Each year, more than 4500 pregnancies in the European Union are affected by neural tube defects.

Araceli Busby and colleagues examined trends in the prevalence of neural tube defects in 16 European countries between 1980 and 2001, according to their folic acid policies during that time.

They found no substantial decline in neural tube defect rates in Continental Europe in the past...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-03-31)

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