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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| INTRODUCED BY MUSTIO, OCTOBER 5, 2010 |
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| INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, OCTOBER 5, 2010 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Congratulating the Department of Health for its efforts to |
2 | affirm the importance of folic acid in the diets of women of |
3 | childbearing age. |
4 | WHEREAS, Each year, 2,500 babies are born with neural tube |
5 | defects, and many additional pregnancies result in miscarriage |
6 | or stillbirth due to inadequate maternal folic acid levels; and |
7 | WHEREAS, At least half of these cases could be prevented if |
8 | women consumed the proper amount of folic acid during early |
9 | pregnancy; and |
10 | WHEREAS, The Institute of Medicine's Food and Nutrition |
11 | Board, the Spina Bifida Association and the March of Dimes have |
12 | recommended that women who might become pregnant should consume |
13 | 400 micrograms of synthetic folic acid every day from a vitamin |
14 | or from fortified foods in addition to eating a healthy diet |
15 | rich in natural sources of folate; and |
16 | WHEREAS, Research suggests that consumption of multivitamins |
17 | containing folic acid may also help prevent cleft palate, |
18 | congenital heart defects, prematurity and low birth weight; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, While public awareness is improving, many women |
2 | still do not know the benefits of regularly consuming folic |
3 | acid, and only one-third take a daily vitamin containing folic |
4 | acid; therefore be it |
5 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate the |
6 | Department of Health for its public education campaign on the |
7 | importance of folic acid in the diets of women of childbearing |
8 | age; and be it further |
9 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives support the |
10 | efforts of the Department of Health regarding the benefits of |
11 | folic acid to the general public and health care providers so |
12 | that the incidence of preventable neural tube defects is |
13 | reduced. |
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