REDUCE BIRTH DEFECTS

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

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If you are a female of childbearing age, taking the following steps may help reduce birth defects: Take a multivitamin every day. Make sure it contains 400 micrograms of folic acid ; End bad habits. Avoid alcohol, tobacco products, or using street drugs ; Take charge. Keep diabetes and other chronic diseases under control ; Reach and maintain a healthy weight. Exercise and eat a healthy diet to reduce your risk of chronic diseases ; Prevent Zika. Zika infection during pregnancy can cause birth defects. Talk with your healthcare provider about your travel plans if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant in 2017.

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2017-01

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Creator	South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
Date Accessioned	2017-03-08T14:00:00Z
Date Available	2017-03-08T14:00:00Z
Date of Issue	2017-01
Identifier (URI)	http://hdl.handle.net/10827/23832
Description	If you are a female of childbearing age, taking the following steps may help reduce birth defects: Take a multivitamin every day. Make sure it contains 400 micrograms of folic acid ; End bad habits. Avoid alcohol, tobacco products, or using street drugs ; Take charge. Keep diabetes and other chronic diseases under control ; Reach and maintain a healthy weight. Exercise and eat a healthy diet to reduce your risk of chronic diseases ; Prevent Zika. Zika infection during pregnancy can cause birth defects. Talk with your healthcare provider about your travel plans if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant in 2017.
Item Format	application/pdf
Media Type	Document
Item Language	English
Publisher	South Carolina State Library
Digital Collection	South Carolina State Documents Depository
Rights	Copyright status undetermined. For more information contact, South Carolina State Library, 1500 Senate Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29201.
Subject	Abnormalities, Human--Prevention
Title	REDUCE BIRTH DEFECTS
Type	Text
Digitization Specifications	This South Carolina State Document was either saved from a document available publicly online in PDF format or converted to PDF using Adobe Acrobat DC.