Maternal and child nutrition

The authors also recommended folic acid supplementation for women of reproductive age with universal fortification of cereals and other foods; however an increase in the risk of colorectal cancer has been reported with increased folate intake during the early post-fortification period,3 and also a risk of delay in the diagnosis of vitamin B-12 deficiency with excess folate intake.4 Most of the interventions identified for modelling were based on products, and it is not clear why the modelling was not done for nutrition-sensitive interventions and interventions for disease prevention and management, especially when some of these were described as effective by the authors themselves.