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International Journal of Epidemiology, doi:10.1093/ije/dyn106
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2008; all rights reserved.

Commentary: Health policies in the US: can they increase or decrease the gap between subgroups of the population? The case of folic acid

Luisa N Borrell

Department of Health Sciences, Graduate Program in Public Health, Lehman College, CUNY, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Gillet 336, Bronx, NY 10468, USA.

E-mail: Luisa.Borrell@lehman.cuny.edu

Accepted 8 May 2008

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Effective on January 1, 1998, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the standards to identify several enriched grain products, bromated flour, vegetable macaroni and vegetable noodle products by requiring folic acid fortication.1 Specifically, the FDA required that these products be fortified with folic acid levels ranging from 0.43 to 1.4 mg/pound or 95 to 309 µg/100 g of product. Although this requirement affects the entire population, the purpose of this amendment was to ensure that women of childbearing age consume the US Public Health Service recommended daily allowance of at least 0.4 mg (400 µg) of folic acid daily to reduce their risk of having a child . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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