folic acid

With the announcement that folic acid will be added to bread-making flour, New Zealand has joined the ranks of more than 70 countries that require folic acid to be added to a food staple…

, wherein a baby is born with a deformed spine and spinal cord and consists of gaps due to stunted development. Owing to the disease, her mobility is very…

The child nutrition indicators have also shown a slight improvement at the all-India level as stunting has declined from 38 per cent to 36 per cent and underweight from 36 per cent to 32…

Folic acid is the synthetic, water-soluble form of folate, a B vitamin. While folate occurs naturally in some foods, folic acid is added to supplement and fortify foods to perform the same…