Folic Acid Awareness Week is January 6-12, 2013
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Folic Acid Awareness Week is January 6-12, 2013
The National Council on Folic Acid (NCFA) has provided materials that can be used on your Web site as well as promoted to the media.
- Folic Acid CDC Materials 2012
- FAAW Sample Article 2013
- Folic Acid and Neural Tube Defects (NTDs) 2013
- 2012 Folic Acid News, Updates, and Info
- How to Pitch 2013
- Media Campaign Implementation Kit 2013
- For materials en espanol please click here
Folic Acid
Folic acid is a B-vitamin that is necessary for proper cell growth. If taken before and during early pregnancy from a multi-vitamin or fortified foods, folic acid can prevent from 50% up to 70% of some forms of serious birth defects of the brain and spine.
Experts recommend that women who could possibly become pregnant should take 400 micrograms of synthetic folic acid daily, from:
- fortified foods like grains, pastas, or breakfast cereals,
- daily multi-vitamin, and
- eat a variety of foods as part of a healthy diet.
The easiest way to be sure to get the recommended daily amount of folic acid is to take a multi-vitamin every day.
Folic Acid Factsheet 2012 (PDF)
Running (English) (PDF)
Running (Spanish) (PDF)
Veggies (English) (PDF)
Veggies (Spanish) (PDF)
Water (English) (PDF)
Water (Spanish) (PDF)