Preventing birth defects, saving lives, and promoting health equity: an urgent call to action for universal mandatory food fortification with folic acid

• Main Authors: Vijaya Kancherla, PhD (Author), Lorenzo D Botto, MD (Author), Laura A Rowe, MPH (Author), Nathan A Shlobin, BA (Author), Adrian Caceres, MD (Author), Anastasia Arynchyna-Smith, MPH (Author), Kathrin Zimmerman, BA (Author), Jeffrey Blount, MD (Author), Zewdie Kibruyisfaw, MD (Author), Kemel A Ghotme, MD (Author), Santosh Karmarkar, MCh (Author), Graham Fieggen, MD (Author), Sylvia Roozen, PhD (Author), Godfrey P Oakley, Jr, MD (Author), Gail Rosseau, MD (Author), Robert J Berry, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: July 20, 2021 marked the 30th anniversary of the publication of the landmark trial by the British Medical Research Council showing unequivocally that maternal intake of folic acid (vitamin B9) starting before pregnancy prevents most cases of infant spina bifida and anencephaly-two major neu...