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Blog: What next for fortifying flour in Northern Ireland to help prevent birth defects?

Blog Consultation Responses News
15 Jan, 2024 -  The UK is in line to be the first country in Europe to fortify flour in a bid to reduce the occurrence of certain birth defects. In this blog, Dr Jenny Mack, Consultant in Public Health Medicine,…
Food Prevention Womens Health
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IPH response to the consultation on fortification of flour with folic acid in Northern Ireland

Consultation Responses News
15 Jan, 2024 - In August 2023 the Institute responded to the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) consultation on Northern Ireland’s ‘Bread and Flour’ regulations. The consultation…
Food Prevention Womens Health
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Assessing maternal dietary quality in early pregnancy in the programming of intrauterine fetal growth

Journal Articles
1 Apr, 2020 - It is established globally that a healthy maternal diet during pregnancy is important in programming fetal growth and development. The assessment of maternal dietary intake, however, is challenging…
Children and Young People Food Womens Health
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Using 'nutritional narrative' and focus groups to understand how nutritional care can better prioritised for older people in hospital settings

Journal Articles
1 Aug, 2013 - Poor nutritional status among older people is well documented with 40% of older people reported as malnourished on hospital admission.…
Ageing Food