Summary: Public Health Nutrition
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1.1 L1: folic acid
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What is the recommended daily intake of folic acid?
300 µg per day -
What is the recommendation of folic acid supplement?
400 µg folic acid per day for 4 weeks before to 8 weeks after conception -
What is the upper limit folic acid per day in NL?
1000 µg -
What is the mean intake of folate equivalents for dutch people?
258 µg per day through diet -
What are the main functinos of folate?
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What are the two main forms of neural tube defects?
Spina bifida:incomplete closing of thebackbone andmembranes around the spinal cord
Anencephaly: rostral (head) end of the neural tube fails to close -
That is the prevalence of neural tube defects (NTD) in europe?
8,16 per 10 000 births -
How is megablastomic anemia related to folate?
This is anemia with unusually large red blood cells. You could get this when you dont get enough B12 or B11. -
When does neural tube defects develop?
21-27 days post conception -
What is anancephaly? What is the concequence?
A kind of neural tube defect when the head end fails to close. Children generally die during or shortly after birth.
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