ABA: January is dedicated to National Birth Defects Awareness Month
January 9, 2024 | 1 min to read
In honor of National Birth Defects Awareness Month, the American Bakers Association encourages women of childbearing age to consume enriched grains rich in folic acid, essential for preventing neural tube defects during pregnancy. Collaborative efforts with the Grain Foods Foundation emphasize sharing messages through social media, emails, and newsletters to promote the importance of proper prenatal nutrition. Engaging in this initiative can help raise awareness and support healthy pregnancies.
ABOUT NATIONAL BIRTH DEFECTS AWARENESS MONTH
Since enriched grains contain folic acid, a critical nutrient for brain and spinal cord development during pregnancy, the American Bakers Association (ABA), with your partnership, is encouraging women of childbearing age to consume enriched grains to reduce the risk of neural tube defects (NTDs) in their babies through proper prenatal nutrition.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Join ABA and the Grain Foods Foundation on social media, emails, newsletters, and other communications. Incorporate messages that underscore the essential nutrients, such as folic acid, that enriched grains require.
Follow and tag ABA on Twitter and Instagram or Facebook so we can retweet or share your message to the industry.
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