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 the backbone and membranes 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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