Folic acid & iodine fortification
Web report
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Topic: Food & nutrition
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2016) Folic acid & iodine fortification, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 08 September 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2016). Folic acid & iodine fortification. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/food-nutrition/folic-acid-iodine-fortification
MLA
Folic acid & iodine fortification. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 28 June 2016, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/food-nutrition/folic-acid-iodine-fortification
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Folic acid & iodine fortification [Internet]. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2016 [cited 2024 Sep. 8]. Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/food-nutrition/folic-acid-iodine-fortification
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2016, Folic acid & iodine fortification, viewed 8 September 2024, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/food-nutrition/folic-acid-iodine-fortification
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Mandatory folic acid and iodine fortification of bread resulted in increased levels of folic acid and iodine in the food supply, increased folic acid and iodine intakes, a decreased rate of neural tube defects in Australia, and improved iodine status in the general populations in Australia and New Zealand.
- Cat. no: WEB 134
Findings from this report:
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Neural tube defects fell by 14% following mandatory folic acid fortification of bread in Australia
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Neural tube defects in Indigenous women fell by 74% following mandatory folic acid fortification of bread in Australia
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Iodine intakes in women aged 16–44 increased by 52% following mandatory iodine fortification of bread in Australia
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Iodine intakes in children aged 2–3 increased by 29% following mandatory iodine fortification of bread in Australia