{"id":339142,"date":"2025-06-02T14:41:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T09:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=339142"},"modified":"2025-06-03T11:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T05:58:09","slug":"vitamin-b9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/vitamin-b9\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin B9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Nearly 41 per cent of urban adolescents in government schools across north India suffer from folate or vitamin B9 deficiency, which might be affecting their growth and development, according to a recent study by the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). <strong>Vitamin B9<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>About Vitamin B9<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_339145\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-339145\" style=\"width: 467px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-339145\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-NDTV.png?resize=467%2C243&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-NDTV.png?resize=300%2C156&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-NDTV.png?resize=1024%2C532&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-NDTV.png?resize=768%2C399&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-NDTV.png?resize=1536%2C798&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-NDTV.png?w=1565&amp;ssl=1 1565w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-339145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; NDTV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Vitamin B9 is also known as <strong>Folate or folic acid<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is a <strong>water-soluble vitamin<\/strong> essential for many bodily functions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sources of Vitamin B9:<\/strong> Folate-rich <strong>foods<\/strong> which include green leafy vegetables (like spinach and fenugreek), legumes (lentils, chickpeas), citrus fruits, nuts, whole grains and fortified cereals.\n<ul>\n<li>In cases of poor dietary intake, <strong>folic acid supplements<\/strong> can be used.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Functions:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is needed for <strong>red blood cell formation<\/strong> and for healthy <strong>cell growth<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is needed by cells to <strong>carry oxygen<\/strong> throughout the body.<\/li>\n<li>Folate is involved in the <strong>synthesis and repair of DNA and RNA<\/strong>, which are the building blocks of genetic material.<\/li>\n<li>It aids in the production of red blood cells and development of the central nervous system during early childhood.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deficiency and consequences:<\/strong> Its deficiency in foundational years can lead to impaired <strong>cognitive development<\/strong>, behavioural issues, fatigue, growth retardation, reduced academic performance and <strong>anaemia<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>If there isn\u2019t enough folate, it can lead to <strong>anaemia<\/strong>, when the <strong>body lacks enough red blood cells.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Girls more deficient: <\/strong>Adolescent girls have a <strong>higher prevalence<\/strong> of folate deficiency compared to boys, due to increased <strong>physiological demands during menstruation and puberty<\/strong>, as well as <strong>differences in dietary<\/strong> intake patterns.\n<ul>\n<li>Folate deficiency in girls can lead to <strong>anaemia, decreased stamina and poor concentration<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Nearly 41 per cent of urban adolescents in government schools across north India suffer from folate or vitamin B9 deficiency, which might be affecting their growth and development, according to a recent study by the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Vitamin B9 About Vitamin B9 Vitamin B9 is also known as Folate or&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/vitamin-b9\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vitamin B9<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":339145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-339142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Source-NDTV.png?fit=1565%2C813&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}