Effects of folic acid food fortification scenarios on the folate intake of a multi-ethnic pregnant population.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To simulate effects of different scenarios of folic acid fortification of food on dietary folate equivalents (DFE) intake in an ethnically diverse sample of pregnant women.

Design

A forty-four-item FFQ was used to evaluate dietary intake of the population. DFE intakes were estimated for different scenarios of food fortification with folic acid: (i) voluntary fortification; (ii) increased voluntary fortification; (iii) simulated bread mandatory fortification; and (iv) simulated grains-and-rice mandatory fortification.

Setting

Ethnically and socio-economically diverse cohort of pregnant women in New Zealand.ParticipantsPregnant women (n 5664) whose children were born in 2009-2010.

Results

Participants identified their ethnicity as European (56·0 %), Asi

SUBMITTER: Teixeira JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10260456 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature