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Vertical Bar Chart: Women Exceeding the Recommended
Maximum Daily Intake of Saturated Fat,* by Race/Ethnicity,
2003-04
(Percent of Women)
Total: 63.5; Non-Hispanic White: 65.9; Non-Hispanic Black:
64.4; Hispanic: 51.0; Non-Hispanic Other Races**: 49.5
*Recommended daily intake of saturated fat is 10 percent
of daily caloric intake or less.
**Includes Asian/Pacific Islanders, American Indian/Alaska
Natives, and persons of more than one race.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National
Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey, 2003-2004. Analysis conducted by the
Maternal and Child Health Information Resource Center.
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LINE CHART: Red Blood Cell (RBC) Folate Concentration
Among Non-Pregnant Women Aged 15-44, 1999-2004
(ng/mL)
1999-2000: 255
2001-02: 260
2003-04: 235
Healthy People 2010 Objective: 220
Source: Boulet SL, Q Yang, C Mai, J Mulinare, CM Pfeiffer.
Folate Status of Women of Childbearing Age, by Race/Ethnicity
– United States, 1999-2000, 2001-2002, and 2003-2004.
MMWR Weekly. 2007: 55 (51); 1377-1380. www.cdc.gov/mmwr.
Viewed 4/18/07.
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Women's Health USA 2007 is not copyrighted. Readers are free to duplicate and use all or part of the information contained on this page. Suggested Citation: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
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