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Part of Health and Social Care Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 9:15 pm on 10 January 2008.

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Rosemary Dodds: I have to say that the most important thing is education. Education in schools is one of the best ways of reaching people. We are aware, from research on encouraging women to take folic acid prior to conception and for the first 12 weeks, that it is the women who are most well educated, most likely to look at websites and read magazines who are most aware of that information. We need to put more emphasis on providing girls in particular, but girls and boys in general, with nutrition education in schools and encouragement to implement those nutrition messages by explaining the impact on the future health of themselves and their children.