Folate Subgroup

The Folate Subgroup

The subgroup has been set up to consider if sufficient evidence has emerged since the COMA report on Folic Acid and the Prevention of Disease to warrant a full consideration on folic acid and health and to make recommendations on the timings of any such risk assessment. The Committee will consider evidence under the following headings:

  • Folate status of women of child bearing age living in the UK
  • Uptake of folic acid supplements in the UK
  • Fortification and emerging evidence from other countries relating to Neural Tube Defects and B12 deficiency
  • Bioavailability of different sources of folic acid
  • The relationship between folic acid and other diseases
  • cardiovascular disease
  • neurodegenerative diseases
  • cancers

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