Consumer foods to be checked for nutritive value
7 views · Published 23 November 2013 · 2:12 · Indexed 12 November 2026
Channel: Daily Nation · 2013 · News & Politics
Despite Caroine Wanjiru being confined to a wheelchair due to spina bifida, she refuses to helplessly depend on others.The 21 year old who resides in Kawangware with her grandmother is sporty and is the defending champion of the women category in the 21 km Stanchart Wheelchair Marathon.Her disability would have been averted if her mother, now deceased, would have taken folic acid when she was pregnant. Folic acid deficiency in pregnant women is associated with heart defects, placental abnormalities and spinal defects such as spinal bifida. Visit our website www.nairobinews.co.ke Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/nairobinews Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/nairobi_news
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