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SACN Folate and Disease Prevention Report

The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition advice on folate and health

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The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) report reviewed the available evidence on folate and health, and considered the need for adequate intakes of folate at the time of conception to reduce the risk of a pregnancy affected by a neural tube defect.

Return to the SACN home page for more information on the Committee.

Published 12 July 2006