# USPSTF 2023: folic acid supplementation to prevent neural tube defects (reaffirmation)

Guideline · id `maternal:guideline-uspstf-2023-folic-acid` · Maternal & Newborn Atlas · release `fc5a600ec7387e71` (public)

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## In plain language

A 2023 statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that reaffirms its advice that everyone planning a pregnancy, or who could become pregnant, should take a daily folic acid supplement containing 0.4 to 0.8 mg.

## Technical summary

USPSTF reaffirmation recommendation statement, JAMA 2023, volume 330, issue 5 (PubMed issue date 2023-08-01). The A recommendation and the task force wording of certainty are recorded as a claim on the folic acid page. The linked evidence report (PMID 37526714) is cited from the folic acid and neural tube defect pages. Whether a later edition exists was not checked. The guideline's source is the USPSTF final recommendation statement page, which gives the statement date that the recommendation decisions use; the JAMA statement stays cited in the claims.

## Connected pages

- Issued by the US Preventive Services Task Force: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (`core:uspstf`)

## Provenance

Content hash: 102f831a09c08c8c8040dbd4af42371eee12511a9befe161717139fd14511f4c
Last substantive edit: 2026-10-14
Evidence last checked: 2026-10-14