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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/young-lady-get-your-folate/">Young Lady: Get Your Folate!</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted January 17, 2008 at 06:00 PM by Katie Drummond</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Calling all women aged 18 to 24: you need more folate! At least this is the message coming from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in a study released last week. Researchers surveyed over 2,000 women on their intake of folic acid and supplements, and compared their responses to those from previous years. Last year, 40% of women between 18 and 45 reported taking a multi-vitamin containing folate, up from 28% in 1995. Although the numbers are better, the CDC says they aren’t good enough, especially when it comes to younger generations. These women were the least likely to be using supplements, or getting adequate folate in their daily dining. Even worse? Women aged 18 to 24 are in their prime childbearing years, and have the largest number of unplanned pregnancies. Because folate is crucial for fetal…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/young-lady-get-your-folate/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/young-lady-get-your-folate/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/young-lady-get-your-folate/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/young-lady-get-your-folate/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-health/">her-health</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/supplements/">supplements</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-news/">her-news</a><br /><br /> </P>