Effect of increasing voluntary folic acid food fortification on dietary folate intakes and adequacy of reproductive-age women in New Zealand

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1447-1453

  Evans, Sophie E ^a   Mygind, Vanessa L ^a   Peddie, Meredith C ^a   Miller, Jody C ^a   Houghton, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dietary folate intakes; Folate adequacy; Folic acid fortification; Reproductive age women

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901848170     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013001717     Document Type: Article

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